Back Mixing in a Reciprocating Plate Column with Stable Density Gradients

AIChE Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 859-863

  Rama Rao, Nadella V ^a   Baird, Malcolm H I ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DROP FORMATION; KEROSENE; MIXING; PHASE INTERFACES; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACKMIXING; PLATE COLUMNS;

CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0542397450     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690440411     Document Type: Article

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