Residence time distribution in a multistage agitated contactor with newtonian fluids: CFD prediction and experimental validation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3538-3546

  Zhang, Lifeng ^a   Pan, Qinmin ^a   Rempel, Garry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

BACK FLOW (CTB); MULTISTAGE AGITATED CONTACTOR (MAC); RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTIONS (RTD);

TURBULENT FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 34249999722     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie060567+     Document Type: Article

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