Modeling flow pattern induced by ultrasound: The influence of modeling approach and turbulence models

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2936-2950

  Kumaresan, T ^a   Kumar, Ajay ^a   Pandit, Aniruddha B ^a   Joshi, Jyeshtharaj B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TURBULENCE MODELS; ULTRASONICS;

LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETER (LDA); REYNOLDS STRESS MODEL (RSM); TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

FLOW PATTERNS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERNS; KINETIC ENERGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TURBULENCE MODELS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 34249069423     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie060587b     Document Type: Article

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