Trailing vortices generated by a Rushton turbine: Assessment of URANS and large Eddy simulations

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 401-411

  Delafosse, A ^a,b,c   Morchain, J ^a,b,c   Guiraud, P ^a,b,c   Line A ^a,b,c  

^a INSA   (France)

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

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

CFD; Large Eddy Simulation; Rushton turbine; Stirred tank; Trailing vortices; URANS simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENGINES; FLUID DYNAMICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBINES; TURBULENCE;

CFD; RUSHTON TURBINE; STIRRED TANK; TRAILING VORTICES; URANS SIMULATION;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 61349139401     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2008.12.018     Document Type: Article

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