A lagrangian description of flows in stirred tanks via computer-automated radioactive particle tracking (CARPT)

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 2629-2639

  Rammohan, A R ^a   Kemoun, A ^a   Al Dahhan, M H ^a   Dudukovic, M P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Mixing; Multiphase flow; Non invasive technique; Particle tracking; Visualization

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; NUCLEAR REACTORS;

RECIRCULATING LOOPS;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

FLOW VISUALIZATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; STIRRED TANK;

EID: 0035938677     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(00)00537-6     Document Type: Article

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