Computational fluid dynamics modeling of a bench-scale pump-mixer: Head, power and residence time distribution

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2180-2190

  Singh, K K ^a   Mahajani, S M ^a   Shenoy, K T ^b   Ghosh, S K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMPELLERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

PUMP-MIX IMPELLERS; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION (RTD);

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMPELLERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXERS (MACHINERY);

EID: 34247110414     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie061102m     Document Type: Article

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