Progress on Higee distillation-Introduction to a new device and its industrial applications

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1434-1442

  Wang, G Q ^a   Xu, Z C ^a   Ji, J B ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Application; Distillation; Higee; Rotating zigzag bed

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRY; COMMON PROCESS; DISTILLATION PROCESS; HIGEE; NEW DEVICES; ROTATING BED; ROTATING ZIGZAG BED; ROTOR DESIGN;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; ROTATION; SEALS;

DISTILLATION;

EID: 79958705614     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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