An LDA Study of the Turbulent Flow Field in a Baffled Vessel Agitated by an Axial, Down-pumping Hydrofoil Impeller

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-15

  Jaworski, Z ^a,b   Nienow, A W ^a   Dyster, K N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Hydrofoil impellers; LDA; Stirred tank; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; AXIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINERY; CALCULATIONS; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDROFOILS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; RADIAL FLOW; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBOMACHINE BLADES; TURBULENCE;

BAFFLED VESSELS; CIRCULATION FLOW NUMBERS; FLOW NUMBERS; HYDROFOIL IMPELLER; POWER NUMBERS; RUSHTON TURBINE;

TURBULENT FLOW;

ANENOMETERS-LASER DOPPLER; HYDROFOIL; IMPELLERS; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0030072072     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450740103     Document Type: Article

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