Pressure drop of internals for packed columns

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 47, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 1520-1529

  Rix, A ^a   Olujic, Z ^b  

^a EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG   (Germany)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Liquid collectors; Liquid distributors; Packed column internals; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DISTILLATION; PRESSURE DROP; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

LIQUID COLLECTORS; LIQUID DISTRIBUTORS; PACKED COLUMN INTERNALS;

PACKED BEDS;

DATA REDUCTION; DISTILLATION; PACKED BEDS; PRESSURE DROP; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

EID: 44949182020     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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