Computational analysis of regular and chaotic mixing in a stirred tank reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 56, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 4887-4899

  Lamberto, D J ^a   Alvarez, M M ^a   Muzzio, F J ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Chaos; Laminar mixing; Stirred tank

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; IMPELLERS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RADIAL FLOW; RATE CONSTANTS;

AGITATION SPEED;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

CHAOS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LIQUID-LIQUID MIXING; STIRRED TANK;

EID: 0035860388     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(00)00407-3     Document Type: Article

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