Macroinstability uncovered in a Rushton turbine stirred tank by means of LES

AIChE Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2383-2393

  Hartmann, H ^a   Derksen, J J ^a   Van Den Akker, H E A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

LES; Macro instability; Mixing; Stirred tank; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; KINETIC ENERGY; MONITORING; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY CONTROL;

EDDY SIMULATION; FLOW VARIATIONS; RUSHTON TURBINE; TRANSIENT FLOW;

TURBINES;

FLUID FLOW; INSTABILITY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; STIRRED TANK; TURBINE;

ARTICLE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FORCE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OBSERVATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RUSHTON TURBINE STIRRED TANK; SIMULATION; SMAGORINSKY SUBGRID SCALE MODEL; SPECTROSCOPY; STIRRED REACTOR; VELOCITY; VORTEX MOTION;

EID: 2442435129     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10211     Document Type: Article

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