Characterization of flow and mixing in an SMX static mixer

AIChE Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 427-436

  Zalc, J M ^a   Szalai, E S ^a   Muzzio, F J ^a   Jaffer, S ^b  

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

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; PRESSURE DROP; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CHAOTIC MIXING;

NEWTONIAN FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; LAMINAR FLOW; NEWTONIAN FLUID; PRESSURE DROP;

ARTICLE; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIXER; PRESSURE; SIMULATION; VELOCITY;

EID: 0036524872     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690480303     Document Type: Article

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