CFD modelling of turbulent drop breakage in a kenics static mixer and comparison with experimental data

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 85, Issue 5 A, 2007, Pages 753-759

  Jaworski, Zdzislaw ^a   Pianko Oprych, P ^a,b   Marchisio, D L ^c   Nienow, A W ^b  

^a WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breakage; CFD; Drop sizes; Population balance equation; Pressure drop; Static mixer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROP BREAKUP; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP; PROBLEM SOLVING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VOLUME FRACTION;

DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION (DSD); KENICS STATIC MIXER; POPULATION BALANCE EQUATION; QUADRATURE METHOD OF MOMENTS (QMOM); TURBULENT DROP BREAKAGE;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROP BREAKUP; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); PRESSURE DROP; PROBLEM SOLVING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VOLUME FRACTION;

EID: 34250829705     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/cherd06179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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