Scale-up of pump-mix mixers using CFD

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-22

  Srilatha, C ^a   Mundada, Tushar P ^a   Patwardhan, Ashwin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

Author keywords

CFD; Drop size; Network of zones; Population balance model; Pump mix mixer; Scale up

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELS; DIFFERENT SCALE; DROP SIZE; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MIXER SCALE-UP; NETWORK OF ZONES; PER UNIT; POPULATION BALANCE EQUATION; POPULATION BALANCE MODELS; POWER CONSUMPTION; SCALE-UP; TIP SPEED;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERNS; MIXING; PUMPS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

EID: 74149086428     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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