Pressure drop and liquid distribution in a venturi scrubber: Experimental data and CFD simulation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 8049-8060

  Guerra, Vádila G ^a   Béttega, Rodrigo ^b   Gonçalves, José A S ^a   Coury, José R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CFD SIMULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAS AND LIQUID FLOWS; LIQUID DISTRIBUTION; LIQUID FRACTION; LIQUID INJECTIONS; LIQUID JETS; LIQUID PHASIS; MULTIPHASE MODEL; NUMERICAL PROCEDURES; OPTICAL IMAGING TECHNIQUE; VENTURI; VENTURI SCRUBBER; VOLUME OF FLUIDS; VOLUMETRIC FRACTIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PRESSURE DROP; SCRUBBERS; TURBULENCE MODELS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84862164375     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie202871q     Document Type: Article

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