Experimentally-Validated Micromixing-Based CFD Model for Feld-Batch Stirred-Tank Reactors

AIChE Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 566-577

  Akiti, Otute ^a,b   Armenante, Piero M ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Competitive reactions; Fed batch reactor; LDV; Micromixing

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MIXING; TURBULENCE; VELOCIMETERS;

LASER-DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS (LDV); MICROMIXING;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHLOROACETIC ACID; CHLOROACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BATCH PROCESS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETER; MIXING; MODEL; REACTOR; STIRRED TANK;

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER MODEL; DYNAMICS; FED BATCH REACTOR; FLUID FLOW; LASER FLOWMETER; PREDICTION; STIRRED REACTOR;

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE-ELEVATING VIRUS;

EID: 1642407778     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10051     Document Type: Article

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