Numerical investigation of the influence of the activity coefficient on barium sulphate crystallization

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 5395-5405

  Oncul A A ^a   Sundmacher, K ^a,b   Thevenin D ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS OF COMPLEX TECHNICAL SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activity coefficient; Barium sulphate; CFD; Crystallization; CSD; Moment method; Population balance

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SUPERSATURATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

ACTIVITY COEFFICIENTS; COAXIAL PIPE MIXERS; CRYSTAL POPULATION; STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS;

CRYSTALLIZATION;

BARIUM SULFATE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CRYSTALLIZATION; MATHEMATICAL METHOD;

EID: 22144435485     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.04.074     Document Type: Article

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