Air stripping of ammonia and methanol in a bubble-cap column

Environmental Progress

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 365-374

  Jenkins, D H ^a   McCallum, D A ^a   Ruzbacky, R ^b   Saunders, S ^c   Brent, A K ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ammonia stripping; Bubble cap column; Mass transfer coefficient; Methanol stripping

Indexed keywords

GRAPHIC METHODS; MASS TRANSFER; METHANOL; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA STRIPPING; METHANOL STRIPPING; STRIPPING EFFICIENCIES;

AMMONIA;

EID: 37549007940     PISSN: 02784491     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.10235     Document Type: Article

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