Transient pressure and flow predictions for concentrated packed absorbers using a dynamic nonequilibrium model

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 41, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 5775-5788

  Gunaseelan, Praveen ^a,b   Wankat, Phillip C ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYDRAULICS; SOLVENTS;

MECHANICAL DAMAGES;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

ABSORPTION; FLOW ANALYSIS; MASS TRANSFER; MODELING; PREDICTION; PRESSURE ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; EVAPORATION; FLOW RATE; GAS FLOW; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRESSURE; SIMULATION;

EID: 0037073296     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie020405n     Document Type: Article

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