Computational fluid dynamics analysis of the suspension of nonspherical particles in a stirred tank

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2331-2342

  Scully, James ^a   Frawley, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALYSIS; EULERIAN; L-GLUTAMIC ACIDS; MULTIPHASE MODEL; NEEDLE-LIKE; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLE; NUMERICAL MODELING; PARTICLE SHAPE; POLYMORPHIC SYSTEM; SOLID-PHASE; SOLIDS SUSPENSION; STIRRED TANK; USER-DEFINED FUNCTIONS;

AMINO ACIDS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CRYSTALS; FLUID DYNAMICS; NEEDLES; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBULENCE MODELS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 79951486098     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie100980n     Document Type: Article

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