Investigation of Fluid Flow in a Dual Rushton Impeller Stirred Tank Using Particle Image Velocimetry

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 693-699

  PAN, Chunmei ^a   MIN, Jian ^a   LIU, Xinhong ^a   GAO, Zhengming ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

dual Rushton; flow field; flow pattern; particle image velocimetry

Indexed keywords

FLOW FIELDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; IMPELLERS; MERGING; TANKS (CONTAINERS); VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

AXIAL ANGLES; DIFFERENT SIZES; DIVERGING FLOWS; DUAL RUSHTON; FLUID FLOWS; PARALLEL FLOWS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PEAK VALUES; RUSHTON IMPELLERS; TRAILING VORTICES; TURBULENCE KINETIC ENERGIES;

BLOWERS;

EID: 56049107299     PISSN: 10049541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1004-9541(08)60142-1     Document Type: Article

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