CFD simulation of mixing and reaction: The relevance of the micro- mixing model

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 58, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 3579-3587

  Marchisio, Daniele L ^a   Barresi, Antonello A ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Finite mode probability density function; Mixing; Parallel reactions; Taylor Couette chemical reactor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REACTION KINETICS;

MICRO-MIXINGS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TECHNIQUE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MIXING; MODEL; TAYLOR-COUETTE FLOW;

EID: 0041326300     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(03)00264-1     Document Type: Article

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