Numerical study on the turbulent reacting flow in the vicinity of the injector of an LDPE tubular reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2435-2444

  van Vliet, E ^a,b   Derksen, J J ^a   van den Akker, H E A ^a   Fox, R O ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical reactors; Filtered density function; Hydrodynamics; Low density polyethylene; Mixing; Simulation; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MIXING;

FILTERED DENSITY FUNCTION (FDF); LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE;

TURBULENT FLOW;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MIXING; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33947707183     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.01.058     Document Type: Article

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