Effect of impeller design and power consumption on crystal size distribution

AIChE Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3596-3613

  Rane, Chinmay V ^a   Ekambara, Kalekudithi ^a,b   Joshi, Jyeshtharaj B ^a,c   Ramkrishna, Doraiswami ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Techno Force Pvt Ltd   (India)

^c HOMI BHABHA NATIONAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^d Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Crystal size distribution; Crystallizers; Flow field; Phase Doppler particle analyzer; Stirred tank reactor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLOW FIELDS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IMPELLERS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBINES; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; CRYSTALLIZERS;

AGGREGATION KERNELS; CRYSTAL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; PHASE DOPPLER PARTICLE ANALYZER; PITCHED BLADE TURBINE; POPULATION BALANCES; STIRRED TANK REACTORS; TURBULENT ENERGY DISSIPATION; IMPELLER DESIGN;

CRYSTALLIZERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84906946521     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.14541     Document Type: Article

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