Low frequency macroinstabilities in a stirred tank: Scale-up and prediction based on large eddy simulations

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2297-2311

  Roussinova, Vesselina ^a   Kresta, Suzanne M ^b   Weetman, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LIGHTNIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Impinging jets; Large eddy simulation; Macroinstability; Mixing; Scale up; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLIC LOADS; HYDRAULIC TURBINES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHAFTS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

MACROINSTABILITIES (MI);

WATER TANKS;

FREQUENCY; IMPINGEMENT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; STABILITY; STIRRED TANK;

EID: 0037790998     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(03)00097-6     Document Type: Article

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