Hybrid LES-multizonal modelling of the uranium oxalate precipitation

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 77, Issue , 2012, Pages 95-104

  Bertrand, M ^a   Plasari, E ^b   Lebaigue, O ^c   Baron, P ^a   Lamarque, N ^d   Ducros, F ^c  

^a French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^d European Centre for Research and Advanced Training in Scientific Computation Researches   (France)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Large eddy simulation; Micromixing; Population balance; Precipitation; Uranium

Indexed keywords

MICRO-MIXING; MULTI-ZONAL; MULTI-ZONAL MODEL; MULTICOMPONENT SOLUTIONS; NUCLEAR ENVIRONMENTS; POPULATION BALANCES; SUB-GRID MODELS; URANIUM OXALATES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; METHOD OF MOMENTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; URANIUM;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84862834372     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.03.019     Document Type: Article

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