Comparison of micromixing models for CFD simulation of nanoparticle formation

AIChE Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2217-2232

  Wang, Liguang ^a   Fox, Rodney O ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Micromixing; Nanoparticle; Probability density function (PDF) methods; Reactive precipitation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY;

MICROMIXING; NANOPARTICLES; REACTIVE PRECIPITATION;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MIXING; NANOPARTICLE; PRECIPITATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITY; LIQUID; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOPARTICLE; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 4243100601     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10173     Document Type: Article

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