Validation of LES predictions for turbulent flow in a Confined Impinging Jets Reactor

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1591-1602

  Icardi, Matteo ^a   Gavi, Emmanuela ^b   Marchisio, Daniele L ^a   Olsen, Michael G ^b   Fox, Rodney O ^b   Lakehal, Djamel ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^c ASCOMP GMBH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Confined Impinging Jets Reactor; Immersed Surfaces Technique; Large Eddy Simulation; Micro mixer

Indexed keywords

CONFINED IMPINGING JETS; FLOW REGIMES; FLUCTUATING VELOCITIES; HIGH VELOCITY; IMMERSED SURFACES; MEAN VELOCITY COMPONENTS; MICRO MIXERS; MICRO PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; NATURAL INSTABILITY; NUMERICAL SCHEME; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION CHAMBERS; SCALAR TRANSPORT; SMALL SCALE; SUB-GRID SCALE MODELS; UNSTEADY SIMULATIONS; WORK FOCUS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FORECASTING; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXERS (MACHINERY); REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650273079     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2010.09.035     Document Type: Article

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