Using computational fluid dynamics modeling and ultrasonic doppler velocimetry to study-pulp suspension mixing

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2172-2179

  Saeed, Salwan ^a   Ein Mozaffari, Farhad ^a   Upreti, Simant R ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; IMPELLERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RHEOLOGY; ULTRASONIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS;

HERSCHEL-BULKLEY MODEL; MIXING TIME; SOLOMON'S MODEL; ULTRASONIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY (UDV);

MIXING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; IMPELLERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; RHEOLOGY; ULTRASONIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS;

EID: 34247156221     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0607548     Document Type: Article

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