Assessment of sliding mesh CFD predictions and LDA measurements of the flow in a tank stirred by a Rushton impeller

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 76, Issue 6 A6, 1998, Pages 737-747

  Ng, K ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; ROTORS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; TURBULENCE;

LASER-DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY (LDA); RUSHTON IMPELLER;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; IMPELLER; STIRRED TANK;

EID: 0032172122     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387698525315     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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2. Yianneskis, M., Popiolek, Z. and Whitelaw, J. H., 1987, An experimental study of the steady and unsteady flow characteristics of stirred reactors, J Fluid Mech, 175: 537.
3. Lee, K. C. and Yianneskis, M., 1994, The extent of periodicity of the flow in vessels stirred by Rushton impellers, in Industrial Mixing Technology: Chemical and Biological Applications, ed. G. Tatterson, AIChemE Symposium Series, 90: 5.