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The efficiency of recirculation in mass-transfer processes has been analyzed using the apparatus of transmitting capacities. It is shown that at fixed transmitting capacities of the stages recirculation can only degrade the process. However, in a packed absorber recirculation can turn out to be advantageous, since it increases the active mass-transfer surface. Regions where the use of recirculation can be appropriate have been identified.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 73, No. 4, pp. 667–672, July–August, 2000.
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Zakharenko, V.V., Amadi, É.O. Efficiency of recirculation in mass-transfer processes. J Eng Phys Thermophys 73, 655–660 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-000-0071-z
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-000-0071-z