Liquid flow circulating within an unbaffled vessel agitated with an unsteady forward-reverse rotating impeller

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1017-1022

  Yoshida, Masanori ^a   Wakura, Yuma ^a   Yamagiwa, Kazuaki ^a   Ohkawa, Akira ^a   Tezura, Shuichi ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shimazaki Mixing Equipment Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circulation flow; PTV; Unbaffled agitated vessel; Unsteadily rotating impeller

Indexed keywords

AXIAL-MIXING; BAFFLED VESSELS; CIRCULATION FLOW; CIRCULATION LOOP; COMMON OPERATIONS; IN-VESSEL; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; LIQUID FLOW; LIQUID-PHASE MIXING; PARTICLE GROWTH; PARTICLE TRACKING VELOCIMETRY; PERIODIC FLUCTUATIONS; ROTATING IMPELLERS; TRACER-PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES; TURBINE IMPELLERS; UNBAFFLED AGITATED VESSEL; UNBAFFLED VESSEL; UNSTEADILY ROTATING IMPELLER; VESSEL WALLS;

AERODYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERNS; LIQUIDS; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; ROTATION; TRACKING (POSITION); TURBOMACHINE BLADES; UNSTEADY FLOW;

BLOWERS;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; IMPELLER; LIQUID; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; ROTATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

PERU TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 77953519110     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.2353     Document Type: Article

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