An eulerian/lagrangian study of solid suspension in stirred tanks

AIChE Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2461-2469

  Srinivasa, T ^a   Jayanti, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Critical suspension; Particle tracking; Solid suspension; Stirred tanks; Turbulent dispersion

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548595311     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11253     Document Type: Article

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