Two-phase laminar flow simulations in a Kenics static mixer: Standard Eulerian and Lagrangian approaches

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 910-916

  Jaworski, Z ^a,b   Pianko Oprych, P ^a  

^a WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; Eulerian and lagrangian approaches; Kenics static mixer; Liquid liquid flows

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MIXING; NEWTONIAN FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOSITY;

KENICS STATIC MIXER;

LAMINAR FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LAMINAR FLOW; LIQUID-LIQUID MIXING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MIXER;

EID: 0036876934     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387602321143462     Document Type: Article

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