Thin film flow over structured packings at moderate Reynolds numbers

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1965-1975

  Valluri, Prashant ^a   Matar, Omar K ^a   Hewitt, Geoffrey F ^a   Mendes, M A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; Distillation; Films; Modelling; Structured packings; Waves

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FLUID ACCUMULATION; INTEGRAL BALANCE METHODS; PARABOLIC VELOCITY PROFILE;

THIN FILMS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISTILLATION; MODELING; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 13844270699     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.12.008     Document Type: Article

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