Three-dimensional numerical simulation of flow and heat transfer in the Sulzer SMX static mixer

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 13-14, 1999, Pages 2491-2500

  Visser, Jildert E ^a   Rozendal, Peter F ^a   Hoogstraten, Hendrik W ^a   Beenackers, Antonie A C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Flow patterns; Heat transfer; Residence time distribution; Static mixer; Sulzer SMX

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY;

FLOW VELOCITY; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; STATIC MIXER;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MIXER;

EID: 6544263853     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00536-3     Document Type: Article

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