Theory of flow distribution in manifolds

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1331-1345

  Wang, Junye ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributor; Flow distribution; Maldistribution; Manifold; Parallel channels; Spargers

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTOR; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; MALDISTRIBUTION; MANIFOLD; PARALLEL CHANNELS; SPARGERS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FUEL CELLS;

DESIGN;

EID: 79953731129     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.02.050     Document Type: Article

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