Effect of continuous feed stream and agitator type on CFSTR mixing state

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 4805-4815

  Samaras, Kostas ^a   Mavros, Paul ^a   Zamboulis, Dimitris ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMPELLERS; MIXING;

CONTINUOUS-FLOW STIRRED TANK REACTOR (CFSTR); FLOW NONIDEALITY; RADIAL-FLOW IMPELLERS; VISUAL TRACING;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

AXIAL FLOW; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMPELLERS; MIXING;

EID: 33745870819     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0600691     Document Type: Article

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