New model for turbulent mass transfer and its application to the simulations of a pilot-scale randomly packed column for CO2-NaOH chemical absorption

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3220-3229

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

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLUTIONS;

CERAMIC BERL SADDLES; HEAT BALANCE EQUATIONS; RADIAL CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTIONS; SCHMIDT NUMBER;

TURBULENT FLOW;

ABSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLUTIONS; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33646531410     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie051184z     Document Type: Article

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