Modeling the hydrodynamics of downers by cluster-based approach

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 7204-7209

  Karimipour, Shayan ^a   Mostoufi, Navid ^a   Sotudeh Gharebagh, Rahmat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

CLUSTER FORMATION; DOWNERS; FORCE BALANCE;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

EID: 33750318828     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie060026k     Document Type: Article

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