Laminar mixing of shear thinning fluids in a SMX static mixer

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1753-1759

  Liu, Shiping ^a   Hrymak, Andrew N ^a   Wood, Philip E ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Laminar flow; Mixing; Non Newtonian fluids; SMX static mixer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXERS (MACHINERY); NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

SMX STATIC MIXER;

MIXING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

EID: 31344434253     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.10.026     Document Type: Article

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