Dense solid-liquid off-bottom suspension dynamics: Simulation and experiment

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 587-597

  Tamburini, A ^a   Cipollina, A ^a   Micale, G ^a   Ciofalo, M ^a   Brucato, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CFD; Drag; Mixing; Solid liquid; Start up; Suspension

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG; FLUID DYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS); TURBULENCE MODELS;

CFD; COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; DYNAMIC EVOLUTIONS; EULERIAN-EULERIAN; LITERATURE DATUM; REAL SYSTEMS; RUSHTON TURBINES; SIMULATION RESULTS; SOLID-LIQUID; SOLIDS SUSPENSIONS; START-UP; STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS; STIRRED TANKS; SUSPENSION; SUSPENSION DYNAMICS; VISUAL EXPERIMENTS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 61349171212     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2008.12.024     Document Type: Article

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