Predicting precipitate breakage during turbulent flow through different flow geometries

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 292, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 251-263

  Zumaeta, Nixon ^a   Byrne, Edmond P ^a   Fitzpatrick, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

CFD; Flow geometry; Precipitate breakage; Predictive modelling; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

FLOW GEOMETRY; PRECIPITATE BREAKAGE; PREDICTIVE MODELING; TURBULENCE EDDY DISSIPATION;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DENSITY; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; GEOMETRY; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATE BREAKAGE; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; TIME; TUBE; TURBULENT FLOW; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33845474728     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2006.06.032     Document Type: Article

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