Large-eddy simulation of turbulent flow in an unbaffled stirred tank driven by a Rushton turbine

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 8-9 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 2303-2316

  Alcamo, Raul ^a   Micale, Giorgio ^a   Grisafi, Franco ^a   Brucato, Alberto ^a   Ciofalo, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CFD; Large eddy simulation; Turbulence; Unbaffled stirred vessel

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAINERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBINES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY;

LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION (LES); RUSHTON TURBINE; SMAGORINSKY MODEL; STIRRED TANKS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBINE; TURBULENCE;

EID: 14544268581     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.11.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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