Development of a novel vertical-sheet structured packing

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 83, Issue 5 A, 2005, Pages 515-526

  Wen, X ^a   Afacan, A ^a   Nandakumar, Kumar ^a   Chuang, K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Distillation; Liquid distribution; Mass transfer; Pressure drop; Structured packing

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP; SHEET METAL;

AIR-WATER COLUMN; DISTILLATION COLUMN; LOW PRESSURE DROP; VERTICAL SHEET-STRUCTURED PACKING;

PACKAGING;

DISTILLATION;

EID: 19144361853     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/cherd.03003     Document Type: Article

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