Flow field of stirred tank used in the crystallization process of ammonium sulphate

ScienceAsia

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-101

  Zhu, Zhenxing ^a   Wei, Hongyuan ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonium sulphate; CFD; Crystallization; Flow field; Sliding mesh

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149169144     PISSN: 15131874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.2008.34.097     Document Type: Article

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