Numerical Simulation of Separating Gas Mixtures via Hydrate Formation in Bubble Column1 1 Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.20490207).

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 345-352

  LUO, Yantuo ^a,b   ZHU, Jianhua ^a   CHEN, Guangjin ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b PetroChina Planning and Engineering Institute   (China)

Author keywords

bubble column; hydrate; kinetics; numerical simulation; separation

Indexed keywords

HYDRATE FORMATION; PLUG FLOW;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; REACTION KINETICS;

HYDRATES;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; HYDRATES; REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 34447253563     PISSN: 10049541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1004-9541(07)60091-3     Document Type: Article

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