Hydrodynamics characterization of the Maxblend impeller

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 3641-3653

  Iranshahi, Arash ^a   Devals, Christophe ^a   Heniche, Mourad ^a   Fradette, Louis ^a   Tanguy, Philippe A ^a   Takenaka, Katsuhide ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b SHI Mechanical and Equipment Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computer simulations; Finite element method; Fluid mixing; MaxblendTM

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; TRANSITION FLOW;

FLUID MIXING; MAXBLEND IMPELLER; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS;

IMPELLERS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMPELLERS; LAMINAR FLOW; TRANSITION FLOW;

EID: 34250158761     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.03.031     Document Type: Article

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