Computational fluid dynamics for designing process equipment: Expectations, current status, and path forward

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1115-1128

  Joshi, Jyeshtharaj B ^a   Ranade, Vivek V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

^b NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; FLUID DYNAMICS; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS INDUSTRY;

COMPUTER; DYNAMICS; ENERGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW; FORCE; GRAVITY; HEAT TRANSFER; LIQUID; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTION; NOTE; PRESSURE; SIMULATION; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0037454185     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0206608     Document Type: Note

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