Influence of corrugation geometry on the performance of structured packings: An experimental study

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 335-342

  Olujić, Ž ^a   Seibert, A F ^b   Fair, J R ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrugated sheets; Hydraulic performance; Mass transfer efficiency; Structured packing; Total reflux distillation

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULICS; HYDROCARBONS; MASS TRANSFER; PACKING;

CYCLOHEXANE HEPTANE; TOTAL REFLUX DISTILLATION;

DISTILLATION;

CORRUGATION; DISTILLATION; GAS-LIQUID SEPARATION; PACKED COLUMN; PACKING; SEPARATION CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0034084834     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0255-2701(99)00095-1     Document Type: Article

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