Modeling of SO2 scrubbing in spray towers

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 383, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 25-40

  Bandyopadhyay, Amitava ^a,b   Biswas, Manindra N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Alipore Regional Office   (India)

Author keywords

Air pollution control; Rigid droplet; SO2 absorption model; SO2 scrubbing; Spray tower

Indexed keywords

GASEOUS REMOVAL PROCESSES; RIGID DROPLETS; SPRAY TOWER; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITY;

DROP FORMATION; FLOW RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ABSORPTION; CHEMICAL REACTION; DROPLET; HYDRODYNAMICS; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SULFUR DIOXIDE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; FLOW RATE; GAS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID; MODEL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WATER;

EID: 34447288540     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.04.024     Document Type: Article

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