Internal annular wall jets: Radial flow in a stirred tank

AIChE Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2390-2401

  Kresta, Suzanne M ^a   Bittorf, Kevin J ^a   Wilson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPELLERS; JETS; RADIAL FLOW; TURBINES;

ANNULAR WALL JETS;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID FLOW; RADIAL FLOW; STIRRED TANK; VELOCITY PROFILE; WALL JET;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; SCALE UP; SIMULATION; THICKNESS; VELOCITY;

EID: 0011716790     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690471103     Document Type: Article

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