Exploration of spinning cone column capacity and mass transfer performance using CFD

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 83, Issue 12 A, 2005, Pages 1372-1380

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capacity; CFD; Mass transfer; Optimization; Spinning cone distillation column

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE COMPOSITION; PRESSURE DROP; SPRAYING;

DEVICE CAPACITY; FLOW RATE; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; SPINNING CONE DISTILLATION COLUMN;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE COMPOSITION; PRESSURE DROP; SPRAYING;

EID: 30744460354     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/cherd.03413     Document Type: Article

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