Experimental and computational investigation of the laminar flow structure in a stirred tank

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 919-942

  Lamberto, D J ^a   Alvarez, M M ^a   Muzzio, F J ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; LAMINAR FLOW; RADIAL FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

STIRRED TANK REACTORS (STR);

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXING; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; STIRRED TANK;

EID: 0033117490     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00275-9     Document Type: Article

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