Large eddy simulations of a brine-mixing tank

Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 176-187

  Zamankhan, Piroz ^a,b   Huang, Jun ^a   Mousavi, S Mohammad ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brine; Computer simulations; Granular flows; Large eddy simulations; Mixing tank; Powders; Sodium formate

Indexed keywords

GRANULAR MATERIALS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXING; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOELASTICITY;

CYLINDRICAL MIXING VESSEL; GRANULAR FLOWS; MIXING TANK; SODIUM FORMATE; SOLID-LIQUID MIXING;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

GRANULAR MATERIALS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXING; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOELASTICITY;

BRINE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRILLING FLUID; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXING; STORAGE TANK; TURBULENT FLOW;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

EID: 34548314222     PISSN: 08927219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2426995     Document Type: Article

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