CFD study of single phase and multiphase (liquid-liquid) pump-mixer: Analyzing design parameters, flow structures and turbulence

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 80, Issue , 2012, Pages 55-69

  Tabib, Mandar V ^a   Lane, Graeme ^a   Yang, William ^a   Schwarz, M Philip ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

CFD; Design; Impeller; Liquid liquid; OpenFOAM; Pump mixer

Indexed keywords

BLADE IMPELLER; COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES; DATA SETS; DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS; DESIGN CONFIGURATIONS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; EDDY DISSIPATION; FLOW FEATURES; FLOW INSTABILITIES; FLOW NUMBER; GEOMETRIC CONFIGURATIONS; IMPELLER DESIGN; INSTANTANEOUS FLOW; LIQUID-LIQUID SYSTEMS; LIQUID-LIQUIDS; MODEL VALIDATION; MULTIPLE IMPELLERS; ONE-EQUATION; OPENFOAM; POWER NUMBERS; PREDICTIVE PERFORMANCE; PUMP-MIXER; SINGLE PHASE; SINGLE PHASE OPERATION; SUBGRID SCALE; TURBULENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TURBULENCE KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENCE PARAMETERS; TURBULENT DISPERSION; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW STRUCTURE; IMPELLERS; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; PUMPS; TURBULENCE MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW;

DESIGN;

EID: 84862742725     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.01.042     Document Type: Article

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