Mass transfer analysis of spinning cone columns using CFD

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 752-761

  Makarytchev, S V ^a   Langrish, T A G ^a   Fletcher, D F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CFD; Liquid dispersion; Mass transfer; Spinning cone distillation column

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSIONS; DISTILLATION; MASS TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; ROTATION; SPEED;

FLOW RATES; SPINNING CONE DISTILLATION COLUMNS (SCC);

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SPINNING;

EID: 2942701851     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387604774196037     Document Type: Article

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