Mixing analysis of a Newtonian fluid in a 3D planetary pin mixer

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1434-1440

  Connelly, Robin Kay ^a   Valenti Jordan, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Computational fluid dynamics; Mixing analysis; Mixing efficiency; Mixograph; Planetary pin mixer

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRATES; MIXERS (MACHINERY); SUGAR (SUCROSE);

AXIAL MIXING; CFD; CORN SYRUPS; FOOD INDUSTRIES; GLOBAL MEASURES; LARGE STRAINS; MIXING EFFICIENCY; MIXOGRAPH; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; NEWTONIANS; PARTICLE TRACKING; PIN POSITIONS; PLANETARY PIN MIXER; TIME SPANS;

MIXING;

EID: 56849097370     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2008.08.023     Document Type: Article

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