Performance characteristics of a new high capacity structured packing

Chemical Engineering and Processing

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-60

  Olujic z ^a   Seibert, A F ^b   Kaibel, B ^c   Jansen, H ^c   Rietfort, T ^c   Zich, E ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Julius Montz GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

High capacity; Mass transfer efficiency; Pressure drop; Structured packings

Indexed keywords

CORRUGATED CONTAINERS; DISTILLATION; PACKING;

PRESSURE DROPS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

MASS TRANSFER; PACKING;

EID: 0037207576     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0255-2701(02)00019-3     Document Type: Article

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