The experimental application of X-ray tomography to a vapor-liquid contactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3431-3441

  Schmit, Carolyn E ^a   Cartmel, Dwight B ^a   Eldridge, R Bruce ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Distillation; Imaging; Mass transfer; Packed bed; Separations; Tomography

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDRAULICS; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

CONTRACTORS; PACKED COLUMNS;

CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT;

TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035907665     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(01)00036-7     Document Type: Article

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