Large-eddy simulation of the turbulent free-surface flow in an unbaffled stirred tank reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 4307-4322

  Lamarque, N ^a   Zoppe B ^b   Lebaigue, O ^a   Dolias, Y ^a   Bertrand, M ^b   Ducros, F ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical reactors; Large eddy simulation (LES); Mixing; Multi phase flow; Turbulence; Unbaffled tank

Indexed keywords

COHERENT STRUCTURE; FLUCTUATING VELOCITIES; FREE SURFACES; FREE-SURFACE FLOW; FRONT TRACKING; HIGH ANISOTROPY; IMMERSED BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION (LES); LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY; MIXING TANK REACTORS; REYNOLDS STRESS; STIRRED TANK REACTORS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHEMICALS; COILED TUBING; DOPPLER EFFECT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LASER THEORY; MIXING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; REYNOLDS EQUATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

FLOW SIMULATION;

EID: 77953323229     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.03.014     Document Type: Article

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