Comparison of experimental and computational particle trajectories in a stirred vessel

Chemical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 511-521

  Barrue, Hélène ^a   Xuereb, Catherine ^b   Pitiot, Pascal ^a   Falk, Laurent ^a   Bertrand, Joël ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PROBABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBINES; TURBULENT FLOW;

PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES; RUSHTON TURBINE; STIRRED VESSEL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

FLOW PATTERN; PARTICLE MOTION; STIRRED TANK; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0032866599     PISSN: 09307516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4125(199906)22:6<511::AID-CEAT511>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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