An experimental and computational study of the vortex shape in a partially baffled agitated vessel

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1915-1926

  Torré, Jean Philippe ^a,b   Fletcher, David F ^b   Lasuye, Thierry ^c   Xuereb, Catherine ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c LVM Tessenderlo   (France)

Author keywords

CFD; Imaging; Interface; Mixing; Partially baffled vessel; Vortex

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MIXING; NUMERICAL METHODS;

EULERIAN-EULERIAN MULTIPHASE MODEL; PARTIALLY BAFFLED VESSELS; TURBULENCE MODEL;

VORTEX FLOW;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MIXING; NUMERICAL METHODS; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 33847156375     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.12.020     Document Type: Article

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