A strategy for solving a mathematical model of barium sulphate precipitation in a continuous stirred tank reactor

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 82, Issue 9 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 1089-1094

  Jaworski, Z ^a   Nienow, A W ^b  

^a WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convergence strategy; Modelling; Population balance; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPELLERS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TURBULENCE;

CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTORS; MICROMIXING; TRANSPORT EQUATIONS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

BARIUM SULFATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION; STIRRED TANK;

EID: 4644241980     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/cerd.82.9.1089.44157     Document Type: Article

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