Large-eddy simulation of turbulent flow in a stirred tank driven by a Rushton turbine

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1183-1190

  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; Power number; SM; Stirred tank

Indexed keywords

CFD CODES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; IMPELLER ROTATION; MEAN VELOCITY COMPONENTS; MIXING PROCESS; MIXING TIME; PASSIVE SCALARS; RUSHTON TURBINES; SLIDING MESH TECHNIQUE; STIRRED TANK; TURBULENT DISSIPATION RATES; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; FLOW SIMULATION; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXING; TURBINES; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; TURBULENT FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 77952472229     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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