Hollow self-inducing impellers for gas-liquid-solid dispersion: Experimental and computational study

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 141, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 332-345

  Murthy, B N ^a   Kasundra, R B ^a   Joshi, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

Author keywords

CFD; Eulerian Eulerian; Hollow self inducing impeller; Stirred tank; Three phase flows

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSIONS; IMPELLERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EULERIAN-EULERIAN; HOLLOW SELF-INDUCING IMPELLER; STIRRED TANK;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSIONS; IMPELLERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 44749088143     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.01.040     Document Type: Article

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