Numerical modeling of venturi flows for determining air injection rates using fluent V6.2

Mathematical and Computational Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 97-108

  Baylar, Ahmet ^a   Aydin, M Cihan ^b   Unsal, Mehmet ^a   Ozkan, Fahri ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aeration; Air injection; Computational fluid Dynamics; Venturi

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPUTATION THEORY; HYDRAULICS; NOZZLES; TWO PHASE FLOW; WATER AERATION;

AIR INJECTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURES; FINITE-VOLUME THEORY; VENTURI; VENTURI AERATION; VENTURI TUBE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 70349424040     PISSN: 1300686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/mca14020097     Document Type: Article

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