Macro-instability characteristic in agitated tank based on flow visualization experiment and large eddy simulation

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 923-942

  Nurtono, T ^a   Setyawan, H ^a   Altway, A ^a   Winardi, S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Large eddy simulation; Macro instability; Pattern recognition; Sliding mesh; Visualization

Indexed keywords

AGITATED TANK; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL VISUALIZATION; FLOW TYPE; FREQUENCY OF APPEARANCE; GLOBAL CHANGE; LIFE-TIME; MACRO INSTABILITIES; MACRO-INSTABILITY; PITCH BLADES; RADIAL DISCHARGE; RUSHTON TURBINES; SLIDING MESH; STIRRED TANK; TIME-SCALE; VISUALIZATION EXPERIMENT;

BLOWERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENGINES; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; STABILITY; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBINES;

FLOW SIMULATION;

EID: 67349095051     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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