A fundamental model for the prediction of distillation sieve tray efficiency. 1. Database development

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1809-1817

  Garcia, J Antonio ^a,b   Fair, James R ^b  

^a Koch Glitsch Inc   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; BUBBLE FORMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY; FRACTIONATION; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; BUBBLE STABILITY; ISOTROPIC FLOW THEORY; PRADO MODEL; SIEVE TRAY POINT EFFICIENCY;

DISTILLATION;

2 PROPANOL; 4 METHYL 2 PENTANONE; ACETIC ACID; BUTANE; CYCLOHEXANE; ETHYLBENZENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HEPTANE; HYDROCARBON; METHANOL; STYRENE; WATER; XYLENE;

DATABASE; EFFICIENCY; SIEVED DISTILLATION COLUMN;

AIR; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DIFFUSION; DISTILLATION; GAS; LIQUID; PREDICTION;

EID: 0033627547     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie990875q     Document Type: Article

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