Modelling and simulation of counter-current and confined jet reactors for hydrothermal synthesis of nano-materials

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 109, Issue , 2014, Pages 26-37

  Ma, Cai Y ^a   Chen, Man ^a,c   Wang, Xue Z ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Confined jet mixer; Counter current reactor; Mixing; Supercritical water

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MIXING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CONFINED JETS; CONTINUOUS HYDROTHERMAL FLOW SYNTHESIS; COUNTER-CURRENT REACTOR; FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFERS; MODELLING AND SIMULATIONS; POPULATION BALANCE MODELING; SUPERCRITICAL WATER; SUPERCRITICAL WATER CONDITIONS;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

EID: 84893944934     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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