Experimental characterization and modeling of the performance of a large-specific-area high-capacity structured packing

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 883-893

  Olujic Z ^a   Behrens, M ^a   Spiegel, L ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SULZER CHEMTECH LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DELFT MODEL; GEOMETRY BASED ADAPTATIONS;

ELECTRONICS PACKAGING;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 33847308082     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie051146f     Document Type: Article

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