Model for Dynamic Liquid Hold-up in a Packed Distillation Column

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 197-202

  Taiwo, Elijah A ^a   Fasesan, Samuel O ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; HYDRODYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VAPORIZATION;

GAS PHASES; LIQUID HOLD-UP;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

DISTILLATION COLUMN; HOLD-UP; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTILLATION; FLOW KINETICS; GAS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARAMETER; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0346101521     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0210199     Document Type: Article

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