Measurements and modelling of free-surface turbulent flows induced by a magnetic stirrer in an unbaffled stirred tank reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 4197-4209

  Mahmud, Tariq ^a   Haque, Jennifer N ^a   Roberts, Kevin J ^a   Rhodes, Dominic ^b   Wilkinson, Derek ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD for free surface flow; Free surface flow; Hydrodynamics; Magnetic stirrer mixing; Nuclear fuel reprocessing; Unbaffled agitated vessel; Volume of fluid; Vortex

Indexed keywords

CFD FOR FREE-SURFACE FLOW; FREE-SURFACE FLOW; MAGNETIC STIRRER MIXING; UNBAFFLED AGITATED VESSEL; VOLUME-OF-FLUID; VORTEX;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COILED TUBING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; CONTROL RODS; COUPLED CIRCUITS; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; FLOW FIELDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; FORECASTING; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SWIRLING FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING;

EID: 68949096568     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.06.059     Document Type: Article

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