Performance of absorption columns equipped with low pressure drops structured packings

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3481-3488

  Launaro, Pier Massimiliano ^a   Paglianti, Alessandro ^b  

^a Consorzio Polo Tecnologico Magona ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESORPTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MASS TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP;

DIRECT CONTACT HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS;

ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION; COLUMN; LOW PRESSURE; MASS TRANSFER;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; DESORPTION; DEVICE; GAS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYPOBARISM; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032855129     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie990024i     Document Type: Article

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