Properly size vents for nonreactive and reactive chemicals

Chemical Engineering Progress

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 17-28

  Fauske, Hans K ^a  

^a Fauske and Associates Inc   (United States)

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EID: 0034139925     PISSN: 03607275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
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