A mixing study in a double-Rushton stirred tank

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1240-1246

  Zadghaffari, R ^a   Moghaddas, J S ^a   Revstedt, J ^b  

^a SAHAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CFD; LES; Mixing time; PIV; Power; Stirred tank

Indexed keywords

CFD; LES; MIXING TIME; PIV; POWER; STIRRED TANK;

BLOWERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; LIQUIDS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

EID: 67349285786     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2009.01.017     Document Type: Article

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