Force effects of the macro-instability of flow pattern on radial baffles in a stirred vessel with pitched-blade and Rushton turbine impellers

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 82, Issue 9 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 1268-1281

  Hasal, P ^a   Fort I ^b   Kratena J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Baffles; Macro instability; Mixing; Proper orthogonal decomposition; Spectral analysis; Tangential force

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DATA REDUCTION; FLOW PATTERNS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBINES; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

MACRO-INSTABILITY (MI); PROPER ORTHOGONAL DECOMPOSITION (POD); TANGENTIAL FORCE;

IMPELLERS;

FLOW PATTERN; IMPELLER; LIQUID-LIQUID MIXING; STIRRED TANK;

EID: 4644227371     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/cerd.82.9.1268.44169     Document Type: Article

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