Gas-liquid flow generated by a Rushton turbine in stirred vessel: CARPT/CT measurements and CFD simulations

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 8-9 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 2215-2229

  Khopkar, A R ^a   Rammohan, A R ^b   Ranade, V V ^a   Dudukovic, M P ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

CARPT; CFD; CT; Gas liquid flow; Stirred vessel

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISPERSIONS; GAS TURBINES; IMPELLERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; ROTATION; TURBULENCE;

COMPUTER-AUTOMATED RADIOACTIVE PARTICLE TRACKING (CARPT); INDUSTRIAL VESSELS; RUSHTON TURBINE; STIRRED VESSEL;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; STIRRED TANK; TURBINE;

EID: 14544296152     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.11.044     Document Type: Conference Paper

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