Confined and agitated swirling flows with applications in chemical engineering

Flow, Turbulence and Combustion

Volumn 69, Issue 1 SPEC., 2002, Pages 3-33

  Derksen, Jos ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cyclone separator; Large eddy simulation; LDA; Stirred vessel; Swirling flow

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFINED FLOW; CYCLONE SEPARATORS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENT FLOW;

AGITATED FLOW; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; STIRRED VESSEL;

SWIRLING FLOW;

EID: 0036944642     PISSN: 13866184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022419316418     Document Type: Article

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