Using ultrasonic Doppler velocimetry and CFD modeling to investigate the mixing of non-Newtonian fluids possessing yield stress

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 515-523

  Ein Mozaffari, Farhad ^a   Upreti, Simant R ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Mixing of non Newtonian fluids; Mixing time; Pseudoplastic fluids; Ultrasonic Doppler velocimetry; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; MIXING; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; RHEOLOGY; SOLUTIONS; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONICS; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOUS FLOW;

CFD MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FLOW MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; FLUID VELOCITIES; MIXING PROCESS; MIXING SYSTEMS; MIXING TIME; NON-INVASIVE; NUMERICAL RESULTS; POWER CONSUMPTION; PSEUDOPLASTIC FLUIDS; TRANSPARENT FLUIDS; ULTRASONIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY;

YIELD STRESS;

EID: 61349108805     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2008.12.020     Document Type: Article

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