Parameters of gas dissolution in liquids obtained by isothermal pressure decay

AIChE Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-23

  Rasmussen, Maurice L ^a   Civan, Faruk ^b  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coefficient; Diffusion; Equilibrium pressure; Film mass transfer; Gas; Liquid; Pressure decay; Solubility; Time limited data

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT; EQUILIBRIUM PRESSURE; FILM-MASS-TRANSFER; GAS; LIQUID; PRESSURE-DECAY; TIME-LIMITED DATA;

DECAY (ORGANIC); DIFFUSION; GASES; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOLUBILITY; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

DISSOLUTION;

EID: 58449099629     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11669     Document Type: Article

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