Liquid-phase mixing in stirred vessels: Turbulent flow regime

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2661-2698

  Nere, Nandkishor K ^a   Patwardhan, Ashwin W ^a   Joshi, Jyeshtharaj B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; IMPELLERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; TURBULENT FLOW;

BLADE ANGLES;

MIXING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; IMPELLER; LIQUID-LIQUID MIXING; STIRRED TANK; TURBULENT FLOW;

DYNAMICS; ENERGY; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0038209615     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0206397     Document Type: Review

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