CFD simulation of particle suspension in a stirred tank

Particuology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 317-326

  Qi, Nana ^a   Zhang, Hu ^b   Zhang, Kai ^a   Xu, Gang ^a   Yang, Yongping ^a  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

CFD simulation; Particle suspension; Smith turbine; Stirred tank

Indexed keywords

CFD SIMULATIONS; HIGH-VISCOSITY LIQUIDS; HOMOGENEOUS SUSPENSIONS; LOW-VISCOSITY LIQUIDS; PARTICLE SUSPENSIONS; SOLID CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTION; STIRRED TANK; UNIFORM PARTICLE DISTRIBUTION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBINES; TURBULENCE MODELS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 84877575939     PISSN: 16742001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.partic.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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