Effect of the initial gas maldistribution on the pressure drop of structured packings

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 465-476

  Olujić, Ž ^a   Mohamed Ali, A ^a   Jansens, P J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Column internals; Distillation; Gas maldistribution; Packed columns; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION COLUMNS; GASES; HYDRAULICS;

GAS MALDISTRIBUTION;

PRESSURE DROP;

DISTILLATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIQUID-LIQUID SEPARATION; PACKED BED; PACKED COLUMN;

EID: 0344036267     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0255-2701(03)00135-1     Document Type: Article

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