CFD simulation of liquid-phase mixing in solid-liquid stirred reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 3877-3885

  Kasat, G R ^a   Khopkar, A R ^b   Ranade, V V ^b   Pandit, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

^b NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

CFD; Mixing; Solid suspension; Stirred reactor

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; FACILITIES; FLUIDICS; FLUIDS; FORECASTING; LIQUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; REACTION KINETICS; STANDARDS; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS); TECHNOLOGY; TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE MODELS;

CFD MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; ELSEVIER (CO); EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLUENT INC. (CO); IMPELLER ROTATION; LIQUID-PHASE MIXING; MIXTURE PROPERTIES; MULTIPLE-REFERENCE FRAMES; POWDER TECHNOLOGY; SLURRY REACTORS; SOLID CONCENTRATIONS; SOLID LIQUID; SOLID SUSPENSIONS; SOLID-LIQUID FLOW; STIRRED TANKS; SUB-MODELS; TWO-FLUID MODEL (TFM);

LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY;

EID: 46749100508     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.04.018     Document Type: Article

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