Progress in understanding the physical processes inside spinning cone columns

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 122-130

  Langrish, T A G ^a   Makarytchev, S V ^a   Fletcher, D F ^a   Prince, R G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CFD; Empirical model; Film thickness; Liquid film flow; Rotating cone; Transient flows; Wavy films

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

SPINNING CONE COLUMNS (SCC);

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

COLUMN SEPARATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONE; FILM THICKNESS; LIQUID FILM; TRANSIENT FLOW;

EID: 0037289517     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387603321158276     Document Type: Article

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