A validation of commonly used CFD methods applied to rotor stator mixers using PIV measurements of fluid velocity and turbulence

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 177, Issue , 2018, Pages 340-353

  Mortensen, Hans Henrik ^a   Arlov, Dragana ^a   Innings, Fredrik ^a,b   Håkansson, Andreas ^c  

^a Tetra Pak AB   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CFD; Emulsification; High shear mixer; PIV; Rotor stator mixer; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; EMULSIFICATION; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; STATORS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DISSIPATION RATE OF TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; HIGH SHEAR MIXERS; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY; MIXING AND DISPERSIONS; MULTIPLE-REFERENCE FRAMES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; ROTOR-STATOR MIXER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 85037343198     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2017.11.037     Document Type: Article

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