Dynamic flow in a kenics static mixer: An assessment of various CFD methods

AIChE Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1684-1696

  Van Wageningen, W F C ^a   Kandhai, D ^a   Mudde, R F ^a   Van Den Akker, H E A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); FLUENT; Kenics static mixer; Laser Doppler anemometry (LDA); Lattice Boltzmann (LB); Oscillation; Vortex

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

LATTICE BOLTZMANN (LB) METHOD; MIXING ELEMENTS; STATIC MIXERS; UNSTEADY BEHAVIOR;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MIXING;

ANEMOMETRY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; FLOW KINETICS; MIXER; OSCILLATION;

EID: 3242812824     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10178     Document Type: Article

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