Scale-up in laminar and transient regimes of a multi-stage stirrer, a CFD approach

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 57, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 4617-4632

  Letellier, B ^a   Xuereb, C ^b   Swaels, P ^a   Hobbes, P ^a   Bertrand, J ^b  

^a Centre de Recherche de l'Oise   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

CFD; Double flux impeller; Laminar mixing; Multi stage stirrer; Scale up

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXTURES; VISCOSITY;

MULTI-STAGE STIRRERS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; IMPELLER; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXING; STIRRING;

EID: 0037021357     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(02)00371-8     Document Type: Article

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