The effect of impellers layout on mixing time in a large-scale crude oil storage tank

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 161-170

  Rahimi, Masoud ^a  

^a RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Crude oil; Mixing; Side entry impeller; Storage tank

Indexed keywords

HOMOGENIZATION; RENORMALIZATION GROUP (RMG); REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES (RANS) EQUATIONS; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

CRUDE PETROLEUM; FUEL STORAGE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; TURBULENCE;

IMPELLERS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CRUDE OIL; IMPELLER; MIXING; STORAGE TANK;

EID: 14544298328     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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