Observations on the significance of instabilities turbulence and intermittent motions on fluid mixing processes in stirred reactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 8-9 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 2317-2331

  Galletti, C ^a   Paglianti, A ^b   Yianneskis, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow macro instabilities; Fluid mixing; LDA; Stirred vessel

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CONTAINERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; IMPELLERS; MIXING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FLOW INSTABILITIES; FLUID MIXING; STIRRED REACTORS; STIRRED VESSELS;

TURBULENCE;

LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETER; LIQUID-LIQUID MIXING; STIRRED TANK;

EID: 14544304107     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.10.047     Document Type: Article

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