CFD modelling of turbulent macromixing in stirred tanks. Effect of the probe size and number on mixing indices

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL.1, 1998, Pages

  Jaworski, Zdzislaw ^a,b   Dudczak, Jan ^a  

^a WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; Macromixing; Mixing index; Sampling probes; Stirred tanks

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MIXING; STIRRED TANK;

EID: 0031843814     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0098-1354(98)00067-2     Document Type: Article

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