A measure of mixing from Lagrangian tracking and its application to granular and fluid flow systems

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1313-1321

  Doucet, J ^a   Bertrand, F ^a   Chaouki, J ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

CFD; DEM; Experimental methods; Fluid mixing; Mixing measure; Solids mixing

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CHAOTIC SYSTEMS; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SCHRODINGER EQUATION;

CFD; DEM; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; FLUID MIXING; SOLIDS MIXING;

MIXING;

EID: 57049105741     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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