A computational fluid dynamics study of supercritical antisolvent precipitation: Mixing effects on particle size

AIChE Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 385-398

  Sierra Pallares, José ^a   Marchisio, Daniele L ^b   Parra Santos, María Teresa ^a   García Serna, Juan ^a   Castro, Francisco ^a   Cocero, María José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Crystallization (precipitation); Supercritical processes; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

MICRO-SCALES; MIXING DEVICES; MIXING DYNAMICS; MIXING EFFECTS; NUTRACEUTICALS; PARTICLE FORMATIONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PARTICULATE SYSTEMS; PROPER DESIGN; SMALL PARTICLES; SUPERCRITICAL ANTISOLVENT PRECIPITATION; SUPERCRITICAL ANTISOLVENTS; SUPERCRITICAL PROCESS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; MIXING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; TURBULENCE;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 80051473422     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12594     Document Type: Article

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