Numerical investigation of carbon dioxide absorption in a falling-film micro-contactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1125-1133

  Chasanis, P ^a   Lautenschleger, A ^a   Kenig, E Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorption; Carbon dioxide; CFD; Falling films; Level set method; Microseparation processes

Indexed keywords

BACKMIXING; CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORPTION; CHEMICAL ABSORPTION; DEVELOPED MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FALLING FILM; INTERFACE POSITION; LEVEL SET METHOD; MICRO-SEPARATION; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PROCESS PARAMETERS;

ABSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FILMS; FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PHASE INTERFACES;

CARBON DIOXIDE PROCESS;

EID: 71549152846     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.09.067     Document Type: Article

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