Influence of vapour feed design on the flow distribution below packings

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 116-121

  Wehrli, M ^a   Hirschberg, S ^b   Schweizer, R ^b  

^a SULZER CHEMTECH LTD   (Switzerland)

^b Sulzer Innotec   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CFD; Computational fluid dynamics; Distillation column; Flow distribution; Gas inlet; Structured packings; Vapour feed

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; ORIFICES; PACKING; SEPARATION;

FLOW DISTRIBUTION;

VAPORS;

COLUMN SEPARATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; DISTILLATION COLUMN; PACKING;

EID: 0037208379     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387603321158267     Document Type: Article

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