Flow and particle motion in scraped heat exchanger crystallizers

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 5153-5161

  Pascual, M Rodriguez ^a   Derksen, J J ^b   Van Rosmalen, G M ^a   Witkamp, G J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CFD; Chemical reactors; Crystallization; Fluid mechanics; Lattice Boltzmann method; Scaling; Scraped heat exchanger crystallizers

Indexed keywords

CFD; DYE INJECTION; FLOW SYSTEMS; HEAT EXCHANGING; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; LIQUID FLOW; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; PARTICLE MOTIONS; SCALING; SOLID PARTICLES; SOLID-LIQUID; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENT FLUID FLOW;

AIR CONDITIONING DUCTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHEMICALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLIZERS; DROP FORMATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID MECHANICS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; LIQUIDS; TOOLS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 71149111926     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.08.027     Document Type: Article

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