Flow generated by an aerated Rushton impeller: Two-phase PIV experiments and numerical simulations

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1-15

  Deen, Niels G ^a   Solberg, Tron ^a   Hjertager, Bjørn H ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aerated stirred tanks; Computational fluid dynamics; Gas liquid flow; Particle image velocimetry; Rushton impeller

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; JETS; TURBULENCE;

JET FLOW; LAB-SCALE STIRRED TANKS; RUSHTON TURBINES; TWO-CAMERA PIV TECHNIQUES;

IMPELLERS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; IMPELLER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; STIRRED TANK;

ARTICLE; FLUID FLOW; GAS FLOW; IMPELLER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; STIRRED REACTOR; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

EID: 2942565815     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450800406     Document Type: Article

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