Head-flow characteristics of pump-mix mixers

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 47, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 1678-1692

  Srilatha, C ^a   Savant, Amit R ^a   Patwardhan, A W ^a   Ghosh, S K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

CFD; Flow; Head; Mixing; Moving reference frame; Pump mix mixer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMPELLERS; MIXING;

MOVING REFERENCE FRAME; PUMP-MIX MIXER;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMPELLERS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING;

EID: 44949178598     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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