An improvement of the Sulzer SMX™ static mixer significantly reducing the pressure drop

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 524-532

  Hirschberg, S ^a   Koubek, R ^a   F Moser, ^a   Schock J ^b  

^a SULZER CHEMTECH LTD   (Switzerland)

^b Sulzer Innotec   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CFD; Dispersion; Laminar; LIF; Pressure drop; Residence time distribution; SMX; Static mixing

Indexed keywords

DROPS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); PRESSURE DROP;

CFD; LAMINAR; LIF; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; SMX; STATIC MIXING;

MIXING;

EID: 61349188358     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2008.12.021     Document Type: Article

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