Experimental and CFD investigation on mixing by a jet in a semi-industrial stirred tank

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 85-92

  Rahimi, Masoud ^a   Parvareh, Arsalan ^a  

^a RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

CFD; Jet; Mixing; Stirred tanks; Turbulence model

Indexed keywords

JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

JET MIXERS; SEMI-INDUSTRIAL TANKS; STIRRED TANKS; TURBULENCE MODEL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; STIRRED TANK; STIRRING; TURBULENCE;

EID: 27744498985     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2005.09.021     Document Type: Article

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