Experimental determination and numerical simulation of mixing time in a gas-liquid stirred tank

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2926-2933

  Zhang, Qinghua ^a   Yong, Yumei ^a   Mao, Zai Sha ^a   Yang, Chao ^a,b   Zhao, Chengjun ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b Jiangsu Institute of Marine Resource Exploitation   (China)

^c Shijiazhuang Chemical Fiber Corporation   (China)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Mixing; Multiphase flow; Simulation; Stirred tank; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

CFD (COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS); CFD MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FEED POSITIONS; GAS HOLD-UP; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS-FLOW RATES; GAS-LIQUID SYSTEMS; HOT-FILM ANEMOMETRIES; IMPELLER SPEED; LIQUID VELOCITIES; MIXING EXPERIMENTS; MIXING TIME; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; OPERATING PARAMETERS; RUSHTON TURBINES; SIMULATION; STIRRED TANK;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GASES; LIQUIDS; LUTETIUM; MULTIPHASE FLOW; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBULENCE;

MIXING;

EID: 67349243770     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.03.030     Document Type: Article

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