Distribution of energy between convective and turbulent flow for three frequently used impellers

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 379-389

  Zhou, G ^a   Kresta, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Impellers; stirred tanks; Mixing; Turbulence; Turbulent energy dissipation

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; IMPELLERS; STIRRED TANKS; TURBULENT FLOW;

AXIAL FLOW; CALCULATIONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEAT CONVECTION; INTEGRATION; MIXING; RADIAL FLOW; ROTORS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBINES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AXIAL FLOW IMPELLERS; CONVECTIVE FLOW; ENERGY BALANCE EQUATION; FLUIDFOIL TURBINE; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY; PITCHED BLADE TURBINE; RADIAL FLOW IMPELLER; ROOT MEAN SQUARE VELOCITY; RUSHTON TURBINE; STIRRED TANKS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0029672274     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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