CFD simulations of three-dimensional wall jets in a stirred tank

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1-15

  Bhattacharya, Sujit ^a   Kresta, Suzanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CFD; Mixing; Multiple reference frames; PBT impeller; Stirred tank; Three dimensional wall jets; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; IMPELLERS; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIZE DETERMINATION; TURBINES; TURBULENCE;

MULTIPLE REFERENCE FRAMES; PITCHED-BLADE TURBINES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL WALL JETS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; IMPELLER; MIXING; NEAR-WALL FLOW; STIRRED TANK; VELOCITY PROFILE;

ARTICLE; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMPELLER; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PUBLICATION; SIMULATION; STANDARD; STIRRED REACTOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

EID: 0011750586     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450800405     Document Type: Article

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