A Lagrangian description of micromixing in a stirred tank reactor using 1D-micromixing models in a CFD flow field

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2643-2648

  Bakker, R A ^a   Van Den Akker, H E A ^a  

^a Kramers Lab V Fysische Technologie   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

CYLINDRICAL STRETCHED VORTEX; EULERIAN FLOW FIELD; ONE DIMENSIONAL MICROMIXING; STIRRED TANK REACTORS;

MIXING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELDS; MICROMIXING; MIXING; STIRRED TANKS;

EID: 0030153132     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(96)00130-3     Document Type: Article

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