Liquid distribution properties of conventional and high capacity structured packings

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 84, Issue 10 A, 2006, Pages 867-874

  Olujic Z ^a   Van Baak, R ^a   Haaring, J ^a   Kaibel, B ^b   Jansen, H ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Julius Montz GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distillation; Liquid distribution; Maldistribution; Structured packing

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION; PACKING; WALL FLOW;

LIQUID DISTRIBUTION; MALDISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURED PACKING;

CORRUGATED METAL;

CORRUGATED METAL; DISTILLATION; PACKING; WALL FLOW;

EID: 33750509363     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/cherd05045     Document Type: Article

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