Improving heat transfer in stirred tanks cooled by helical coils

Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-120

  Pedrosa, S M C P ^a   Nunhez, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Helical coils; Reactor design and computational fluid dynamics; Stirred tanks

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLING; DESIGN; ELECTRIC COILS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; MIXING;

FLOW CIRCULATION; HELICAL COILS; REACTOR DESIGN; STIRRED TANK REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 0038673162     PISSN: 01046632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-66322003000200004     Document Type: Article

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