Analysis of a new type of high pressure homogeniser. A study of the flow pattern

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 843-853

  Floury, Juliane ^a   Bellettre, Jerôme ^b   Legrand, Jack ^a   Desrumaux, Anne ^a  

^a Universite de Nantes   (France)

^b ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Homogenisation; Hydrodynamics; Numerical analysis; Shear; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STRESSES; WALL FLOW;

HIGH-PRESSURE HOMOGENEIZATION; HOMOGENEIZER;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

MEDICAL APPLICATION;

EID: 1642324504     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2003.11.017     Document Type: Article

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