CFD modeling of flow patterns and hydraulics of commercial-scale sieve trays

AIChE Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 910-924

  Gesit, Getye ^a   Nandakumar, K ^a   Chuang, K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTIONATION; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR SIEVES; TWO PHASE FLOW; VELOCITY;

INDUSTRAIL TRAYS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERN; HYDRAULICS; MODELING; SIEVE; TRAY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; GAS FLOW; GEOMETRY; LIQUID; PREDICTION;

EID: 0037392435     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690490410     Document Type: Article

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