Intensification of G/L absorption in microstructured falling film. Application to the treatment of chlorinated VOC's - part II: Modeling and geometric optimization

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2475-2490

  Monnier, Hubert ^a   Falk, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Falling film; Gas liquid absorption; Intensification; Microprocess; Separation; VOC

Indexed keywords

FALLING FILM; GAS-LIQUID ABSORPTION; INTENSIFICATION; MICROPROCESS; VOC;

GAS ABSORPTION; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; GASES; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE INTERFACES;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 79954993068     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.01.016     Document Type: Article

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