A comparative assessment of the performance of the Kenics and SMX static mixers

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 389-396

  Rauline, D ^a   Le Blevec J M ^b   Bousquet, J ^c   Tanguy, P A ^a,d  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ELF GRL BTE   (France)

^c TOTAL   (France)

^d INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Laminar flow; Static mixer; Stretching; Three dimensional simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; LAMINAR FLOW; LYAPUNOV METHODS; MIXING; PERFORMANCE; PRESSURE DROP; SEPARATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMMERCIAL STATIC MIXERS; KENIX MIXER; LAMINAR CREEPING FLOW REGIME; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATION;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

LAMINAR FLOW; MIXER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0034051248     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387600527284     Document Type: Article

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