Texture influence on liquid-side mass transfer

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1405-1413

  Kohrt, Martin ^a   Ausner, Ilja ^b   Wozny, Günter ^a   Repke, Jens Uwe ^c  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b SULZER CHEMTECH LTD   (Switzerland)

^c TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Falling film absorption; Liquid side mass transfer intensification; Structured packings; Textured surface

Indexed keywords

COUNTER CURRENT; FALLING FILM ABSORPTION; INCLINED PLATE; LIQUID LOADS; LIQUID-SIDE MASS TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; PACKING MATERIALS; SILICONE OIL; STRUCTURED PACKINGS; TEXTURED SURFACE;

ABSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; MASS TRANSFER; SILICONES; TEXTURES;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 79958714874     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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