Computational snapshot of flow generated by axial impellers in baffled stirred vessels

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 476-484

  Ranade, V V ^a   Dommeti, S M S ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b Flow Consultants India   (India)

Author keywords

Axial impeller; CFD; Flow modelling; Snapshot; Stirred vessel

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; TURBULENCE;

AXIAL IMPELLERS; BAFFLED STIRRED VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL SNAPSHOT; FLOW MODELING; SOFTWARE PACKAGE FLUENT; TRANSPORT EQUATIONS;

AXIAL FLOW;

IMPELLERS; STIRRED TANKS;

EID: 0030152021     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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