Modeling the steady flow of yield-stress fluids in packed beds

AIChE Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3034-3048

  Balhoff, Matthew T ^a   Thompson, Karsten E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bingham fluids; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Polymer properties; Porous media

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); YIELD STRESS;

NETWORK MODELING; PRESSURE GRADIENTS; SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY;

PACKED BEDS;

BINGHAM FLUID; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; PACKED BED; POROUS MEDIUM; STEADY FLOW; YIELD STRESS;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; FILTRATION; FLOW KINETICS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PACKED BED REACTOR; POROSITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SHEAR RATE; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 10844233126     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10234     Document Type: Article

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