Multi-scale simulations of stirred liquid-liquid dispersions

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 85, Issue 5 A, 2007, Pages 697-702

  Derksen, J J ^a   Van Den Akker, H E A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Break up; Coalescence; Lattice Boltzmann; Liquid liquid dispersion; Numerical simulation; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; COALESCENCE; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

LATTICE-BOLTZMANN METHOD; LIQUID-LIQUID DISPERSION; SMALL-SCALE FLOW;

DISPERSIONS;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; COALESCENCE; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 34250889403     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/cherd06161     Document Type: Conference Paper

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