A study of an up- and a down-pumping wide-blade hydrofoil impeller: Part II. CFD analysis

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 866-876

  Jaworski, Zdzislaw ^a   Wyszynski, Miroslaw L ^a   Dyster, Kate N ^a   Mishra, Ved P ^a   Nienow, Alvin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD analysis; Down pumping hydrofoil; LDA CFD comparison; Multiple impellers; Up pumping hydrofoil

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JETS; LASER APPLICATIONS; ROTORS;

DOWN-PUMPING HYDROFOILS; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETERS (LDA); UP-PUMPING HYDROFOILS;

HYDROFOILS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROFOIL; IMPELLER; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETER;

EID: 0032193102     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450760503     Document Type: Article

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