Evaluation of local kinetic energy dissipation rate in the impeller stream of a Rushton turbine by time-resolved PIV

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 369-376

  Huchet, F ^a,b,c   Line A ^a,b,c   Morchain, J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

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

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Kinetic energy dissipation; Stirred tank; Time resolved PIV

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY DISSIPATORS; KINETIC ENERGY; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

DIRECT MEASUREMENTS; DISSIPATION RATE OF KINETIC ENERGIES; DISSIPATION RATES; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FLUCTUATING VELOCITIES; HETEROGENEITY; IMPELLER STREAMS; KINETIC ENERGY DISSIPATION; MEASUREMENT PLANES; ORTHOGONAL PLANES; RUSHTON TURBINES; SPATIAL GRADIENTS; STIRRED TANK; STIRRED VESSELS; TIME VARIATIONS; TIME-RESOLVED; TIME-RESOLVED PIV; TRAILING VORTICES;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 61349192247     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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