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Liquid-Liquid Processes

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Direct-Contact Heat Transfer

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In the design of an industrial liquid-liquid process the decisions concern selection of the contacting phase, a solvent or a working fluid, and the type of contactor, its size and range of operating conditions.

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  1. Solar Energy Research Institute, Golden, Colorado, USA

    Frank Kreith

  2. University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

    Frank Kreith

  3. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

    R. F. Boehm

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Letan, R. (1988). Liquid-Liquid Processes. In: Kreith, F., Boehm, R.F. (eds) Direct-Contact Heat Transfer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-30182-1_6

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