Large eddy simulation of flow fields in vessels stirred by dual rushton impeller agitators

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 684-691

  Li, Zhipeng ^a   Gao, Zhengming ^a   Smith, John M ^b   Thorpe, Rex B ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Dual rushton impeller; Large eddy simulation (LES); Stirred vessel

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW FIELDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMPELLERS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOFTWARE PACKAGES;

DUAL RUSHTON IMPELLER AGITATOR; SLIDING MESH APPROACH; SUBGRID SCALE MODEL;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW FIELDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMPELLERS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); SOFTWARE PACKAGES;

EID: 34548432230     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.40.684     Document Type: Article

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