Quantification of mixing efficiency in turbulent supercritical water hydrothermal reactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1576-1589

  Sierra Pallares, José ^a   Marchisio, Daniele L ^b   Alonso, Esther ^a   Parra Santos, María Teresa ^a   Castro, Francisco ^a   José Cocero, María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Hydrothermal synthesis; Mixing; Particle formation; Supercritical fluid; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EQUATIONS OF STATE; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MIXING; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; TURBULENCE; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

EQUATION OF STATE; HYDROTHERMAL REACTOR; MEAN PARTICLE SIZE; MIXING EFFICIENCY; PARTICLE FORMATIONS; PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED-NAVIER-STOKES APPROACHES; SUPERCRITICAL WATER;

PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 79952249383     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.12.039     Document Type: Article

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