Effect of impellers configuration on the gas dispersion of high-viscosity fluid using Narrow Annular Gap Unit. Part 2: Numerical approach

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 75, Issue , 2012, Pages 63-74

  Mardaru, Anamaria ^a,b   Souidi, Kaies ^a   Marcati, Alain ^a   Jinescu, Gheorghita ^b   Habchi, Charbel ^c   Della Valle, Dominique ^c,d   Djelveh, Gholamreza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^d LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Flat bladed impeller; Flow pattern; Food processing; Hydrodynamics; Laminar flow; Numerical analysis

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR GAP; CFD ANALYSIS; CONTINUOUS PHASE; DIRECT LINKS; DISPERSIVE MIXING; DISSIPATION RATES; DISTRIBUTIVE-MIXING; ELONGATION RATES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FOAMING PROCESS; GAS DISPERSION; HIGH VISCOSITY FLUIDS; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; KEYPOINTS; MIXING EFFICIENCY; MIXING UNITS; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; RELATIVE POSITIONS; SCRAPED SURFACE HEAT EXCHANGERS; TAYLOR VORTEX;

COALESCENCE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERNS; FOOD PROCESSING; GAS FOAMING; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR FLOW;

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EID: 84860543293     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.02.056     Document Type: Article

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