Multiscale modeling of TiO2 nanoparticle production in flame reactors: Effect of chemical mechanism

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 10663-10673

  Mehta, Maulik ^a   Sung, Yonduck ^b   Raman, Venkatramanan ^b   Fox, Rodney O ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MECHANISM; CHEMICAL PROCESS; COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; DETAILED CHEMISTRY; EFFECT OF CHEMICALS; FLAME REACTORS; FLAMELET MODELS; FLAMELETS; GAS-PHASE COMBUSTION; GASPHASE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; MULTISCALES; NANO-PARTICLE PRODUCTION; NANOPARTICLE FORMATION; NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS; PARTICLE GROWTH; PARTICLE NUCLEATION; PLUG FLOW REACTOR; PRECURSOR INJECTION; PREDICTIVE MODELING; STIRRED TANK REACTORS; TIO; TITANIUM OXIDATIONS; TURBULENT FLAME;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLOW FIELDS; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEATION; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TURBULENT FLOW;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 78049371013     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie100560h     Document Type: Conference Paper

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