Experimental and CFD investigation of power consumption in a dual Rushton turbine stirred tank

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 280-290

  Taghavi, Mahsa ^a   Zadghaffari, Ramin ^a   Moghaddas, Jafarsadegh ^a   Moghaddas, Yousef ^b  

^a SAHAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aeration; CFD simulation; Dual Rushton impellers; Impeller flow regime; Power consumption; Stirred tank

Indexed keywords

AERATION; CFD SIMULATION; IMPELLER FLOW REGIME; POWER CONSUMPTION; RUSHTON IMPELLERS; STIRRED TANK;

BLOWERS; FLOW SIMULATION; IMPELLERS; LIQUIDS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBINES; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 79952003045     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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