Calculation of Metzner Constant for Double Helical Ribbon Impeller by Computational Fluid Dynamic Method

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 686-692

  ZHANG, Minge ^a   ZHANG, Lühong ^a   JIANG, Bin ^a,b   YIN, Yuguo ^a   LI, Xingang ^a,b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Engineering Research Center for Distillation Technology   (China)

Author keywords

computational fluid dynamic; double helical ribbon impeller; Metzner constant; non Newtonian fluid

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR FLOW; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISCOSITY;

AVERAGE SHEAR RATES; CALCULATED VALUES; CALCULATION PROCEDURES; DOUBLE HELICAL RIBBON IMPELLER; EASE OF USES; EFFECTIVE VISCOSITIES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; HELICAL RIBBON IMPELLERS; HELICAL RIBBONS; METZNER CONSTANT; MULTIPLE REFERENCES; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; SHEAR RATES; VELOCITY FIELDS; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 56049127158     PISSN: 10049541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1004-9541(08)60141-X     Document Type: Article

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