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The Analogy Between Heat And Mass Transfer In Packed Beds, Jasper Joseph Correnti
The Analogy Between Heat And Mass Transfer In Packed Beds, Jasper Joseph Correnti
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An operation which recurs in many branches of chemical engineering is that in which a fluid - gas or liquid - is passed through a bed of granular solids for the purpose of removing from, or adding something to the fluid (or both). In the oil and sugar industries, oils or syrups are passed through beds of adsorbents to remove impurities causing color and other undesireable effects. In the recovery of volatile solvents, air charged with solvent vapor is passed over solid adsorbents. In leaching, liquids are passed through beds of solids to remove some constituent of the solids. In …