CFD simulation of stirred tanks: Comparison of turbulence models. Part I: Radial flow impellers

JB Joshi, NK Nere, CV Rane, BN Murthy… - … Canadian Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
A critical review of the published literature regarding the computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
modelling of single‐phase turbulent flow in stirred tank reactors is presented. In this part of …

Effects of hydrodynamic and interfacial forces on plant cell suspension systems

PM Kieran, DM Malone, PF MacLoughlin - … of stress on cell growth and …, 2000 - Springer
Plant cells are perceived to be sensitive to the hydrodynamic environment in conventional
bioreactors. Heightened sensitivity, relative to most bacterial cultures, is frequently attributed …

Correlation of mean drop size and minimum drop size with the turbulence energy dissipation and the flow in an agitated tank

G Zhou, SM Kresta - Chemical Engineering Science, 1998 - Elsevier
Previous correlations have focused on the relationship between the mean drop size and the
physical properties of the fluids (interfacial tension, density and viscosity), the volume …

Immiscible liquid–liquid systems

DE Leng, RV Calabrese - Handbook of Industrial Mixing …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter addresses both the fundamental and practical aspects of liquid–liquid
dispersion and coalescence, as well as application of the current state of knowledge to a …

Prediction of particle size distribution in suspension polymerization reactors: effect of turbulence nonhomogeneity

D Maggioris, A Goulas, AH Alexopoulos… - Chemical Engineering …, 2000 - Elsevier
The quantitative description of particle size distribution development in suspension
polymerization reactors is very complex. The exact mechanisms of breakage and …

Turbulence in stirred tanks: anisotropic, approximate, and applied

S Kresta - The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last ten years, many ways of characterizing the turbulence in stirred tanks have
been proposed, and the importance of the local rate of dissipation of turbulent kinetic energy …

Effect of turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate on the prediction of droplet size distribution in stirred tanks

F Maluta, A Buffo, D Marchisio, G Montante… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work the capabilities of Two Fluid Model simulations coupled with a Population
Balance Model solved with the Quadrature Method of Moments in predicting the turbulent …

Enabling tools for continuous-flow biphasic liquid–liquid reaction

N Weeranoppanant - Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Flow chemistry has attracted considerable attention as it offers several advantages over
conventional batch chemistry. Several multiphase reactions, including liquid–liquid …

Liquid–Liquid Dispersion Performance Prediction and Uncertainty Quantification Using Recurrent Neural Networks

F Liang, JP Valdes, S Cheng, L Kahouadji… - Industrial & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate the application of a recurrent neural network (RNN) to perform multistep
and multivariate time-series performance predictions for stirred and static mixers as …

Characterisation of particle stress in turbulent impeller flows utilising photo-optical measurements of a flocculation system–PART 1

RP Panckow, C Bliatsiou, L Nolte, L Böhm… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aims at developing an experimental method to characterise the fluid dynamic
stress acting on particles in a lab-scale stirred tank reactor. The method is based on a photo …