New turbulent model for computational mass transfer and its application to a commercial-scale distillation column

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4427-4434

  Sun, Z M ^a   Liu, B T ^a   Yuan, X G ^a   Liu, C J ^a   Yu, K T ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MASS TRANSFER; SIEVES; TURBULENCE;

COMPUTATIONAL MASS TRANSFER; NONIDEAL FLOWS; PROCESS DESIGN;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

DISTILLATION COLUMN; MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 20444414581     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie049382y     Document Type: Article

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