Numerical investigation of blade shape in static mixing

AIChE Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-58

  Heniche, M ^a   Tanguy, P A ^a   Reeder, M F ^b,c   Fasano, J B ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Chemineer Inc   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; In line mixing; KMX; Laminar flow; Particle tracking; SMX; Static mixer

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LYAPUNOV METHODS; MIXING; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRESSURE DROP; VISCOSITY;

BLADES; CROSS-SECTION; STATIC MIXERS; STREAM FUNCTIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

BLADE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MIXING;

CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENT; FLUID FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXER; PERFORMANCE; PRESSURE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SHEAR RATE; STATIC MIXER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISCOSITY;

EID: 12244259073     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10341     Document Type: Review

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