Modelling of the turbulent wall jet generated by a pitched blade turbine impeller: The effect of turbulence model

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 846-854

  Jaworski, Z ^a,b   Zakrzewska, B ^a  

^a WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; Flow modelling; Pitched blade turbine; Wall jet

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; JETS; KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENCE;

AXIAL MEAN VELOCITY;

IMPELLERS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID FLOW; IMPELLER; MIXING; MODELING; TURBINE; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0036876883     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387602321143381     Document Type: Article

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