Mixed solids distribution in stirred vessels: Experiments and computational fluid dynamics simulations

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2885-2891

  Montante, Giuseppina ^a   Magelli, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE;

BAFFLED VESSEL; RANS EQUATIONS; STIRRED VESSELS;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 34248393070     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie060616i     Document Type: Article

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