LES and URANS simulations of hydrodynamics in mixing tank: Comparison to PIV experiments

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1322-1330

  Delafosse, Angélique ^a   Line, Alain ^a   Morchain, Jérôme ^a   Guiraud, Pascal ^a  

^a UMR792 INGÉNIERIE DES SYSTÈMES BIOLOGIQUES ET DES PROCÉDÉS   (France)

Author keywords

Dissipation rate; Large Eddy Simulation; Rushton turbine; Stirred tank; Turbulent flow; URANS simulation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; FLUID DYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; DISSIPATION RATE; DISSIPATION RATE OF TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGIES; DISSIPATION RATES; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATIONS; IMPELLER STREAMS; KEY PARAMETERS; LARGE EDDIES; MEAN VELOCITIES; MIXING TANKS; RUSHTON TURBINE; SIMULATION BASED; SMALL REGIONS; STIRRED TANK; STIRRED TANKS; SUBGRID SCALES; TOTAL KINETIC ENERGIES; TURBULENCE DISSIPATION RATES; URANS EQUATIONS; URANS SIMULATION;

FLOW SIMULATION;

EID: 56849085514     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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