CFD analysis of mixing in thermal polymerization of styrene

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 421-429

  Patel, Haresh ^a   Ein Mozaffari, Farhad ^a   Dhib, Ramdhane ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Mixing; Polystyrene; Thermal polymerization

Indexed keywords

CFD ANALYSIS; CFD MODELS; IMPELLER SPEED; INPUT-OUTPUT; MONOMER CONVERSIONS; MULTIPLE-REFERENCE FRAMES; PATH LINES; PITCHED BLADE TURBINE; REACTION PROGRESS; REACTOR VESSEL; RESIDENCE TIME; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; THERMAL POLYMERIZATION; THERMAL POLYMERIZATIONS;

FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYSTYRENES; STYRENE; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 77649182541     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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