Simulation of Turbulent Precipitation in a Semi-batch Taylor-Couette Reactor Using CFD

AIChE Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 664-676

  Marchisio, D L ^a   Barresi, A A ^a   Fox, R O ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TURBULENT FLOW;

CRYSTAL-SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS (CSD);

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

BARIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM SULFATE;

BARIUM CHLORIDE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELD; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TAYLOR-COUETTE FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; REACTOR; SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0001254359     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690470314     Document Type: Article

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