Computational and experimental study of annular photo-reactor hydrodynamics

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1043-1053

  Sozzi, D Angelo ^a   Taghipour, Fariborz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annular reactor hydrodynamics; CFD; Mesh dependency; PIV; Turbulence models

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; ULTRAVIOLET INSTRUMENTS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ANNULAR REACTOR HYDRODYNAMICS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; REYNOLDS STRESS MODEL; ULTRAVIOLET REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; ULTRAVIOLET INSTRUMENTS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33750986483     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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