The effect of gas streams on the hydrodynamics, heat and mass transfer in falling film evaporation, absorption, cooling and dehumidification: A comprehensive review

CY Zhao, LW Liang, D Qi, WT Ji, WQ Tao - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Falling film heat and mass transfer, representatives of advanced and low-carbon heat and
mass transfer technologies, has been applied in a variety of thermal processes due to its …

Fundamentals and applications of CFD technology on analyzing falling film heat and mass exchangers: A comprehensive review

T Wen, L Lu, W He, Y Min - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Falling film driven by gravity finds wide application in various industry areas, such as
refrigeration, chemical engineering and desalination. The liquid film flows along the solid …

A mesoscale 3D CFD analysis of the liquid flow in a rotating packed bed

P Xie, X Lu, H Ding, X Yang, D Ingham, L Ma… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Rotating packed beds (RPBs), as a type of process intensification technology, are promising
to be employed as high-efficiency CO 2 absorbers. However, the detailed understanding of …

Methodologies for predicting the mass transfer performance of structured packings with computational fluid dynamics: a review

LH Macfarlan, MT Phan, RB Eldridge - Chemical Engineering and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This review summarizes the various methods implemented with computational fluid
dynamics (CFD) to predict mass transfer in structured packings. Interfacial mass transfer …

3D modeling of hydrodynamics and physical mass transfer characteristics of liquid film flows in structured packing elements

D Sebastia-Saez, S Gu, P Ranganathan… - International Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Post-combustion CO 2 capture by chemical absorption in structured packed columns has
been technically and commercially proven as a viable option to be deployed for carbon …

Structured packing geometry study for liquid-phase mass transfer and hydrodynamic performance using CFD

LH Macfarlan, MT Phan, RB Eldridge - Chemical Engineering Science, 2022 - Elsevier
An investigation on the geometry of structured packings was conducted using CFD to
determine its impact on the liquid-phase hydrodynamic and mass transfer performance …

[HTML][HTML] Micro-scale CFD modeling of reactive mass transfer in falling liquid films within structured packing materials

D Sebastia-Saez, S Gu, P Ranganathan… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Post-combustion carbon capture in structured packing columns is considered as a promising
technology to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions because of its maturity and the …

Dynamic and microscopic simulation of the counter-current flow in a liquid desiccant dehumidifier

Y Luo, H Yang, L Lu - Applied energy, 2014 - Elsevier
The optimal design and operation of a liquid desiccant dehumidifier needs the
understanding of the flow mechanism. However, the study in this aspect is still limited. In the …

Influence of structured packing geometric parameters on flow and mass transfer performance of liquid nitrogen and oxygen for cryogenic distillation

X Zhi, S Hu, C Gu, Y Qi, L Qiu - Cryogenics, 2023 - Elsevier
Normally, the design of the cryogenic structured packings mainly relies on the hydraulic
experiments of room temperature fluids such as water due to the difficulties and high cost of …

Development of a novel quasi-3D model to investigate the performance of a falling film dehumidifier with CFD technology

T Wen, Y Luo, W He, W Gang, L Sheng - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019 - Elsevier
The present study proposed a novel quasi-3D model for simultaneous simulation of heat
and mass transfer process in a falling film dehumidifier with penetration mass transfer theory …