Angle-resolved particle image velocimetry measurements of flow and turbulence fields in small-scale stirred vessels of different mixer configurations

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1008-1018

  Chung, Kenneth H K ^a   Simmons, Mark J H ^a   Barigou, Mostafa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; KINETIC ENERGY; PUMPS; TIME MEASUREMENT; TURBULENCE; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AXIAL MOVEMENTS; BAFFLED VESSELS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT EXPERIMENTATIONS; MIXING TIME; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY MEASUREMENTS; PITCHED BLADE TURBINES; PLANAR LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCES; RADIAL DIRECTIONS; STIRRED VESSELS; TIME-AVERAGE METHODS; TRAILING VORTICES; TURBULENCE FIELDS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGIES; UP-PUMPING; VORTEX POSITIONS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 61649094545     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie8008204     Document Type: Article

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