Two-fluid model for counter-current dumped packing-containing columns

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1373-1380

  Iliuta, Ion ^a   Grandjean, Bernard ^a   Piché, Simon ^a   Larachi, Faïçal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLUMN; COUNTERCURRENT FLOW; PACKING; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0037374753     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(02)00652-8     Document Type: Article

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