Flow pattern, periodicity and energy dissipation in a batch rotor-stator mixer

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1397-1409

  Utomo, Adi T ^a   Baker, Michael ^b   Pacek, Andrzej W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; Energy dissipation rate; Flow field; LDA; Rotor stator mixer

Indexed keywords

DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY DISSIPATORS; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; JETS; STATORS; TURBULENCE MODELS; VELOCITY;

CFD; CLOSE PROXIMITIES; ENERGY DISSIPATION RATE; ENERGY DISSIPATION RATES; JET VELOCITIES; LASER DOPPLER; LDA; SIMULATION AND MEASUREMENTS; SLIDING MESHES;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

EID: 56849120129     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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