Evaluation of the mixing of non-Newtonian biopolymer solutions in the reactors equipped with the coaxial mixers through tomography and CFD

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 215-216, Issue , 2013, Pages 279-296

  Pakzad, Leila ^a   Ein Mozaffari, Farhad ^a   Upreti, Simant R ^a   Lohi, Ali ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coaxial impeller; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Electrical resistance tomography (ERT); Mixing; Mixing time; Non Newtonian fluids

Indexed keywords

CO-AXIAL; DESIGN PARAMETERS; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY; HERSCHEL-BULKLEY MODEL; IMPELLER ROTATION; IMPELLER SPEED; INTERACTIVE EFFECT; LOW SPEED; MIXING QUALITY; MIXING TANKS; MIXING TIME; MODEL VALIDATION; NON-NEWTONIAN; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; OPERATING CONDITION; PSEUDOPLASTIC FLUID; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; SLIDING MESH; SPECIFIC POWER CONSUMPTION; STAINLESS STEEL ELECTRODE; XANTHAN GUM;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; RADIAL FLOW; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; TOMOGRAPHY;

IMPELLERS;

EID: 84873040719     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.10.060     Document Type: Article

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