Mass transfer modeling and simulation at a rotating cylinder electrode (RCE) reactor under turbulent flow for copper recovery

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3042-3049

  Rivero, E P ^a   Granados, P ^a   Rivera, F F ^b   Cruz, M ^c   Gonzalez I ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^c Division de Quimica Y Bioquimica   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Mass transfer; Mathematical modeling; Rotating cylinder electrode; Turbulent flow; Wall functions; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELING; ROTATING CYLINDER ELECTRODE; ROTATING CYLINDER ELECTRODES; WALL FUNCTION; WALL FUNCTIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DENDRIMERS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC REACTORS; EXPERIMENTS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; HEAVY METALS; MASS TRANSFER; METAL RECOVERY; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PLATE METAL; ROTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TURBULENCE MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 77950594582     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.01.030     Document Type: Article

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