Effect of rheological parameters on non-ideal flows in the continuous-flow mixing of biopolymer solutions

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 100, Issue , 2015, Pages 126-134

  Patel, Dineshkumar ^a   Ein Mozaffari, Farhad ^a   Mehrvar, Mehrab ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CFD; Continuous flow mixing; Herschel Bulkley model; Non Newtonian fluids; Shear thinning; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR THINNING; XANTHAN GUM; YIELD STRESS;

CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTORS; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; HERSCHEL-BULKLEY MODEL; MASS CONCENTRATION; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; PSEUDOPLASTIC FLUID; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; RHEOLOGICAL PARAMETER;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 84938247777     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2015.05.010     Document Type: Article

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