Compartmental modelling of turbulent fluid flow for the scale-up of stirred tanks

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1070-1081

  Bashiri, Hamed ^a   Heniche, Mourad ^a   Bertrand, François ^a   Chaouki, Jamal ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

CFD; Compartmental model; Rushton turbine; Scale up; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

TURBINES; TURBULENT FLOW;

CHARACTERISTIC REGIONS; COMPARTMENTAL MODEL; COMPARTMENTAL MODELLING; CONSTANT POWER CONSUMPTION; ENERGY DISSIPATION RATE; RUSHTON TURBINES; SCALE-UP; TURBULENT ENERGY DISSIPATION RATE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84900501091     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: 1939019X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.21955     Document Type: Article

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