Steady and Unsteady Computation of Impeller-Stirred Reactors

AIChE Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2701-2712

  Harvey III, Albert D ^a   Rogers, Stuart E ^b  

^a Dow Chemical Company   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPELLERS; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; STIRRED TANKS; VISCOUS FLOW;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA STRUCTURES; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

BAFFLES; IMPELLER STIRRED REACTORS; STEADY STATE METHOD; UNSTEADY MOVING GRID METHOD;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0030251347     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690421002     Document Type: Article

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