A complete 3D simulation of a crystallization process induced by supercritical CO2 to predict particle size

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-9

  Erriguible, Arnaud ^a   Fadli, Tarik ^a   Subra Paternault, Pascale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

CFD; Crystallization; Large Eddy Simulation; Supercritical fluids

Indexed keywords

3D SIMULATIONS; ANTI-SOLVENTS; COMPRESSED CO; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; INJECTION VELOCITY; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; ON-LINE MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; SOLUTION CONCENTRATION; SUPERCRITICAL CO;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ETHANOL; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84872738793     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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