A coupled CFD-population balance approach for nanoparticle synthesis in turbulent reacting flows

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 3792-3805

  Akroyd, Jethro ^a   Smith, Alastair J ^a   Shirley, Raphael ^a   McGlashan, Laurence R ^a   Kraft, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; Chemical reactors; Mathematical modelling; Population balance; Simulation; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODES; DETAILED CHEMISTRY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FULLY-COUPLED; INDUSTRIAL SYNTHESIS; JOINT COMPOSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; MIXING ZONES; NANOPARTICLE FORMATION; NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PARTICLE MODEL; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PERFECT MIXING; POPULATION BALANCE MODELS; POPULATION BALANCES; POST PROCESS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION (PDF); REACTOR GEOMETRIES; SIMULATION; SURFACE GROWTH; TITANIA; TRANSPORT EQUATION; TURBULENT REACTING FLOWS; TWO STAGE;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NANOPARTICLES; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COUPLED CIRCUITS;

EID: 79959672758     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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