On the origin, frequency and magnitude of macro-instabilities of the flows in stirred vessels

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 58, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2937-2949

  Nikiforaki, L ^a   Montante, G ^b   Lee, K C ^a   Yianneskis, M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluid mixing; Hydrodynamics; LDA, CFD; Macro instabilities; Stirred vessels; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMPELLERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; TURBULENCE;

STIRRED VESSELS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; STIRRED TANK; TURBULENCE; VESSEL;

EID: 0038263898     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(03)00152-0     Document Type: Article

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