The CFD driven optimisation of a modified venturi for cavitational activity

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1366-1375

  Bashir, Tausif A ^a   Soni, Advait G ^a   Mahulkar, Amit V ^a   Pandit, Aniruddha B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Annular slit; Cavitation; CFD; Hydrodynamic; Slit; Venturi

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR SLIT; CAVITATIONAL ACTIVITY; CAVITY COLLAPSE; CAVITY GROWTH; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OPTIMISATIONS; OPTIMUM GEOMETRY; SECTION CONTROL; SLIT; THROAT LENGTHS; VENTURI;

CAVITATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 81155125279     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: 1939019X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.20500     Document Type: Article

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