Influence of viscosity and surface tension on the effective mass transfer area of structured packing

Energy Procedia

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1197-1204

  Tsai, Robert E ^a   Seibert, A Frank ^a   Eldridge, R Bruce ^a   Rochelle, Gary T ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 absorption; Effective area; Packed column; Structured packing; Surface tension; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ABSORPTION; CO2 ABSORPTION; EFFECTIVE AREA; EFFECTIVE MASS; EXPERIMENTAL DATABASE; LIQUID LOADS; LIQUID VISCOSITY; PACKED COLUMN; STRUCTURED PACKING; STRUCTURED PACKINGS;

ABSORPTION; CAPILLARITY; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE WAVES; WETTING;

VISCOSITY;

EID: 67650162400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18766102     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2009.01.157     Document Type: Conference Paper

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