A multi-scale theoretical model for gas-Liquid interface mass transfer based on the wide spectrum eddy contact concept

AIChE Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 886-896

  Han, Luchang ^a   Luo, Hean ^a   Liu, Yuejin ^a   You, Kuiyi ^a   Liu, Pingle ^a  

^a XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Breakup; Eddy contact; Gas liquid; Interface; Mass transfer

Indexed keywords

BREAKUP; CONTACT TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; CONVECTION AND DIFFUSION; DIFFERENT SIZES; EDDY CONTACT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAS-LIQUID; GAS-LIQUID INTERFACE; GAS-LIQUID SYSTEMS; INTERFACE; ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; LIQUID-SIDE MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MULTISCALES; OVERALL MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; STEADY-STATE MASS TRANSFER; THEORETICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; UNSTEADY STATE; WIDE SPECTRUM;

LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TURBULENCE;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 79952610926     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12327     Document Type: Article

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