On the Direct Measurement of Turbulence Energy Dissipation in Stirred Vessels with PIV

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 26, 2003, Pages 7006-7016

  Baldi, Sandro ^a   Yianneskis, Michael ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; HYDROFOIL PROPULSION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV);

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STIRRED TANK; TURBULENT FLOW;

ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PROCESS DESIGN; SPECTRUM; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0347995088     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0208265     Document Type: Article

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