Determination of 3-D flow fields in agitated vessels by laser-Doppler velocimetry: Use and interpretation of RMS velocities

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 223-233

  Mavros, P ^a   Xuereb, C ^b   Bertrand, J ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Agitation; Laser Doppler velocimetry; Lightnin; Mixel; Mixing; Rushton turbine; Stochastic modelling; Switching probability; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC TURBINES; MIXING; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

AGITATION; STOCHASTIC MODELING;

LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS;

FLOW MEASUREMENT; IMPELLER; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETER; MIXING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0032005673     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387698524640     Document Type: Article

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