Prediction of flow fields in a dual-impeller stirred vessel

AIChE Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 445-464

  Micale, Giorgio ^a   Brucato, Alberto ^a   Grisafi, Franco ^a   Ciofalo, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTORS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

DUAL-IMPELLER STIRRED TANKS; RUSHTON IMPELLERS; SLIDING GRID METHOD;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

FLOW ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; STIRRED TANK;

ARTICLE; FLOW KINETICS; MOTION; PREDICTION; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0033104120     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690450303     Document Type: Article

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