LDA measurements and CFD simulations of an in-line high shear mixer with ultrafine teeth

AIChE Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1143-1155

  Xu, Shuangqing ^a,b   Cheng, Qin ^a,c   Li, Wei ^a   Zhang, Jinli ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEFEI GENERAL MACHINERY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Flow pattern; High shear mixer; Large eddy simulation; Laser Doppler anemometry; Power consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894077124     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.14315     Document Type: Article

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