Modeling and simulation of carbon black synthesis in an aerosol flame reactor

Advanced Powder Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 141-149

  Nadimpalli, Nagaravi Kumar Varma ^a   Buddhiraju, Venkata Sudheendra ^a   Runkana, Venkataramana ^a  

^a TATA RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol reactor; Flame dynamics; Nanoparticles; Population balance; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE BLACK; AEROSOL SYNTHESIS; BLACK PIGMENT; BURNER DESIGN; CARBON BLACK PARTICLES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SOFTWARE; DIFFUSION FLAME REACTOR; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLAME DYNAMICS; FLAME REACTORS; FLAME STRUCTURE; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MODELING AND SIMULATION; MONODISPERSE; PARTICLE SYNTHESIS; POPULATION BALANCE; POPULATION BALANCE MODELS; PREMIXED FLAME; PRINTING INKS; PROCESS PARAMETERS; REINFORCING AGENT; SIMULATION; SIMULATION RESULT; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THERMAL DECOMPOSITIONS;

ACETYLENE; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON BLACK; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COUPLED CIRCUITS; DYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INK; LIGHTING; OXYGEN; PYROLYSIS; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA;

FLAME SYNTHESIS;

EID: 79951814938     PISSN: 09218831     EISSN: 15685527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apt.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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