On the variation of precessional flow instabilities with operational parameters in stirred vessels

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-231

  Nikiforaki, L ^a   Yu, J ^b   Baldi, S ^a   Genenger, B ^b   Lee, K C ^a   Durst, F ^b   Yianneskis, M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laser Doppler anemometry; Macro instabilities; Mixing; Precession; Stirred vessel; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; LASER ANEMOMETRY; MICRO-INSTABILITY PHENOMENA;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

FLOW STABILITY; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETER; MIXING; STIRRED TANK; TURBULENCE;

EID: 4344667000     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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