Gas-Filled Cavity Structures and Local Void Fraction Distribution in Aerated Stirred Vessel

AIChE Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2921-2931

  Bombac A ^a   Zun I ^a   Filipic B ^a,c   Zumer M ^b  

^a Faculty of Mechanical Engineering   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHASE INTERFACES; VORTEX FLOW;

AERATED STIRRED VESSELS; GAS FILLED CAVITY STRUCTURES;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 0031276835     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690431105     Document Type: Article

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