Experimental study on geometric structure of isolated mixing region in impeller agitated vessel

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 5173-5181

  Hashimoto, Shunsuke ^a   Ito, Hiroyuki ^a   Inoue, Yoshiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluid mechanics; Isolated mixing region; Laminar flow; Mixing; Nonlinear dynamics; Visualization

Indexed keywords

AGITATED VESSEL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLUID PARTICLES; GEOMETRIC STRUCTURE; GEOMETRICAL STRUCTURE; ISOLATED MIXING REGION; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; REGION-BASED; ROTATING IMPELLERS; THIN FILAMENTS;

CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); FILAMENTS (LAMP); FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; LAMINAR FLOW; MECHANICS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISUALIZATION; WIRE;

MIXING;

EID: 71149089971     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.08.024     Document Type: Article

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