Modeling of removal of sulfur dioxide from flue gases in a horizontal cocurrent gas-liquid scrubber

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 263-271

  Sarkar, S ^a   Meikap, B C ^a   Chatterjee, S G ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Flue gas; Horizontal scrubber; Modeling; Sulfur dioxide; Wet scrubber

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLUE GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCRUBBERS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

HORIZONTAL SCRUBBER; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION (RTD); WET SCRUBBER;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLUE GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCRUBBERS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 34248364827     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2006.12.013     Document Type: Article

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