Mixing simulation of a viscous newtonian liquid in a twin sigma blade mixer

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3383-3393

  Connelly, Robin K ^a,b   Kokini, Jozef L ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Finite element method (FEM); Mesh superposition; Mixing; Particle tracking

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER DISTRIBUTION INDEX; MESH SUPERPOSITION; PARTICLE TRACKING; TWIN SIGMA BLADE MIXER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MIXING; SEPARATION; VISCOUS FLOW;

NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MIXING; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; SEPARATION; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 33749471357     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10960     Document Type: Article

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