CFD study of power and mixing time for paddle mixing in unbaffled vessels

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 482-498

  Murthy, Shekhar ^a   Jayanti, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

CFD simulations; Mixing; Mixing time; Paddle impeller; Power; Sliding mesh technique; Turbulence modelling

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; IMPELLERS; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSITION FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

PADDLE MIXING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELD; MIXING; POWER CONSUMPTION; STIRRING; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0036661460     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387602320224067     Document Type: Article

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