An efficient computational model for simulating flow in stirred vessels: A case of Rushton turbine

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 4473-4484

  Ranade, V V ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

CFD; Flow modelling; Rushton turbine; Snapshot; Stirred vessel

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBINES; TURBULENT FLOW;

RUSHTON TURBINES; SOFTWARE PACKAGE FLUENT; STIRRED VESSELS;

CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT;

BAFFLE; MODELING; STIRRED TANK; TURBINE;

EID: 0031553375     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)00292-3     Document Type: Article

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