CFD analysis of industrial multi-staged stirred vessels

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 415-427

  Alliet Gaubert, Marion ^a   Sardeing, Rodolphe ^a   Xuereb, Catherine ^a   Hobbes, Philippe ^b   Letellier, Bertrand ^c   Swaels, Philippe ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ ET INSA DE ROUEN   (France)

^c TOTAL   (France)

^d Cray Valley   (France)

Author keywords

CFD; Double flux impeller; Industrial application; Multiple impellers; Stirred vessel; Transient flow; Viscous mixing

Indexed keywords

EMULSIFICATION; PROPELLERS; RESINS;

DOUBLE FLUX IMPELLER; MULTIPLE IMPELLERS; STIRRED VESSEL; VISCOUS MIXING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EMULSIFICATION; PROPELLERS; RESINS;

EID: 31044450571     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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