Samira Jafari is a Development Engineer in the strategic innovation department for Sulzer Mixpac. Dr. Jafari has been with Sulzer as a mixing and simulation specialist since 2014. She earned her PhD in mechanical engineering from ETH Zürich.
The maldistribution of liquid flow within long packed beds is a well-known phenomenon in distillation and absorption columns. In a packed column, the maldistribution of liquid results in differences in liquid concentration across the column.