Modelling the removal of mercaptans from liquid hydrocarbon streams in structured packing columns

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 47, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 1717-1725

  Koncsag, C I ^a   Barbulescu, A ^a  

^a OVIDIUS UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Extraction; Hydrodynamics; Mass transfer; Mathematical modelling

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS EQUATION; MERCAPTANS;

HYDROCARBONS;

EXTRACTION; HYDROCARBONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 44949193056     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2007.09.015     Document Type: Article

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