Prediction of the hydrodynamics of rotating disc contactors based on a new monte-carlo simulation method for drop breakage

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 604-612

  Ghalehchian, Javad Saien ^a  

^a BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Liquid Liquid Extraction; Monte Carlo; Process Simulation; Rotating Disc Contactor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROP BREAKUP; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ROTATING DISKS;

ROTATING DISC CONTACTORS;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION; MODELING; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; ROTATING DISC;

EID: 0036638873     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.35.604     Document Type: Article

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