Numerical simulation of laminar flow field in a stirred tank

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 324-329

  Fan, Long ^a   Wang, Weijing ^a   Yang, Chao ^a   Mao, Zaisha ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Laminar flow; Numerical simulation; Rushton turbine; Stirred tank

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPELLERS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; TURBINES; VELOCIMETERS;

DIGITAL PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (DPIV); PADDLE IMPELLERS; RUSHTON TURBINES; STIRRED TANKS;

LAMINAR FLOW;

FLOW FIELD; IMPELLER; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; STIRRED TANK;

EID: 3142731540     PISSN: 10049541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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