Flow field of suspended solids in a stirred tank reactor by Lagrangian tracking

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 6143-6154

  Guha, Debangshu ^a   Ramachandran, P A ^a   Dudukovic, M P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

CARPT; Hydrodynamics; Lagrangian tracking; Multiphase flow; Slurry reactor; Solid suspension

Indexed keywords

FLOW FIELDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

LAGRANGIAN TRACKING; MINERAL PROCESSING; SOLIDS FLOW FIELD;

FLOW OF SOLIDS;

FLOW FIELDS; FLOW OF SOLIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 34848868125     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.06.033     Document Type: Article

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