Direct numerical simulation of turbulent particle dispersion in an unbaffled stirred-tank reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2843-2851

  Sbrizzai, Fabio ^a   Lavezzo, Valentina ^a   Verzicco, Roberto ^b   Campolo, Marina ^a   Soldati, Alfredo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^c CISM   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNS; Lagrangian tracking; Stirred tank reactors; Turbulence scales

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IMPELLERS; KINETIC ENERGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS (DNS); KOLMOGOROV TIME-SCALES; LAGRANGIAN TRACKING; STIRRED-TANK REACTORS; TURBULENCE SCALES;

DISPERSIONS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IMPELLERS; KINETIC ENERGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33244479632     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.10.073     Document Type: Article

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