Liquid flow in impeller region of an unbaffled agitated vessel with an angularly oscillating impeller

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-167

  Yoshida, Masanori ^a   Hiura, Tomoko ^a   Yamagiwa, Kazuaki ^a   Ohkawa, Akira ^a   Tezura, Shuichi ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shimazaki Mixing Equipment Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Impeller angular oscillation; Liquid flow number; Particle tracking velocimetry; Unbaffled agitated vessel; Unsteadily rotating impeller

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ELECTRIC GENERATORS; LIQUIDS; ROTATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ANGULAR OSCILLATIONS; AXIAL DIRECTIONS; AXIAL VELOCITIES; DISCHARGE FLOWS; DISK TURBINE IMPELLERS; EFFICIENT; ENERGY DATUM; IMPELLER BLADES; INTERNAL FLOWS; LIQUID FLOW NUMBER; LIQUID FLOWS; OPERATING CONDITIONS; OSCILLATION CYCLES; PARTICLE TRACKING VELOCIMETRY; PRESSURE HEADS; RADIAL DIRECTIONS; RADIAL VELOCITIES; UNBAFFLED AGITATED VESSEL; UNBAFFLED AGITATED VESSELS; UNSTEADILY ROTATING IMPELLER; VELOCITY HEADS; VESSEL WALLS; VOLUMETRIC FLOW RATES;

PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING;

EID: 54949090039     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.20028     Document Type: Article

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