Numerical method for optimizing stirrer configurations

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 183-190

  Schafer M ^a   Karasozen B ^b   Uludag Y ^b   Yapici, K ^b   Ugur O ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Derivative free optimisation; Numerical optimisation; Parallel computing; Stirrer

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AUTOMATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

DERIVATIVE-FREE OPTIMIZATION; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATION; STIRRER; STIRRER CONFIGURATIONS;

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PARALLEL COMPUTING; STIRRING;

EID: 27844447606     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2005.08.016     Document Type: Article

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