Time-dependent flow structures and Lagrangian mixing in Rushton-impeller baffled-tank reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1615-1629

  Campolo, Marina ^a   Sbrizzai, Fabio ^a   Soldati, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eulerian Lagrangian approach; Lagrangian tracking; Large scale convective structures; Mixing; Rushton impeller

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MIXING; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

TIME-DEPENDENT FLOW STRUCTURES;

FLOW INTERACTIONS;

FLOW ANALYSIS; IMPELLER; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MIXING; REACTOR; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TIMER;

EID: 0037394390     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(02)00658-9     Document Type: Article

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