Design of sieve plate spargers for bubble columns: Role of weeping

Chemical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 815-828

  Thorat, Bhaskar N ^a   Kulkarni, Anand V ^a   Joshi, Jyeshtharaj B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORATING; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PRESSURE DROP; VELOCITY;

PERFORATED PLATES; WEEPING;

SIEVES;

DESIGN; PLATE;

EID: 0035416056     PISSN: 09307516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4125(200108)24:8<815::AID-CEAT815>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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