Higbie model
Higbie model
[′hig·bē ‚mäd·əl] (chemical engineering)
Mass-transfer theory for packed absorption towers, stating that liquid flows across each packing piece in laminar flow and is mixed with other liquids meeting it at the points of discontinuity between packing elements.
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