Choked flow and importance of Mach I in freeze-drying process design

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 5716-5727

  Patel, Sajal M ^a   Chaudhuri, Swetaprovo ^a   Pikal, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Choked flow; Freeze drying; Gas flow modeling; In process sublimation rate measurement; Loss of chamber pressure control; Mach I limit

Indexed keywords

CHOKED FLOW; FREEZE-DRYING; GAS FLOW MODELING; IN-PROCESS; MACH I LIMIT;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CURING; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); DUCTS; FLOW CONTROL; FLOW OF GASES; GAS ABSORPTION; HEAT FLUX; LOW TEMPERATURE DRYING; MASS TRANSFER; PRESSURE CONTROL; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SUBLIMATION; WATER ABSORPTION;

WATER VAPOR;

EID: 77957356452     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.07.024     Document Type: Article

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