CFD simulation and comparison of industrial crystallizers

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2138-2156

  Rane, Chinmay V ^a   Ganguli, Arijit A ^a,b   Kalekudithi, Ekambara ^a,b   Patil, Raosaheb N ^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

Crystal size distribution; Crystallization; Industrial crystallizers; Multiphase CFD; Population balance

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLIZERS; CRYSTALS; FLOW PATTERNS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

CRYSTAL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; DISSIPATION RATES; INDUSTRIAL CRYSTALLIZERS; MEAN VELOCITY COMPONENTS; PITCHED BLADE IMPELLER; POPULATION BALANCE MODELLING; POPULATION BALANCES; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84910642552     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: 1939019X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.22078     Document Type: Article

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