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Franco Grisafi

Researcher at University of Palermo

Publications -  80
Citations -  2352

Franco Grisafi is an academic researcher from University of Palermo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Turbulence & Impeller. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 77 publications receiving 2057 citations.

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Numerical prediction of flow fields in baffled stirred vessels: A comparison of alternative modelling approaches

TL;DR: In this article, numerical simulations of the flow field in baffled mixing tanks, based on three alternative methods, are presented and discussed, where the impeller is not explicitly simulated, and its effects are modelled by imposing suitable, empirically derived, boundary conditions to the external flow.
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Particle drag coefficients in turbulent fluids

TL;DR: In this paper, a new experimental technique for measuring average particle drag coefficients in turbulent media is presented based on a direct measurement, by means of a suitable residence time technique, of the settling velocity exhibited by a cloud of particles.
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Large-eddy simulation of turbulent flow in an unbaffled stirred tank driven by a Rushton turbine

TL;DR: In this paper, the turbulent flow field generated in an unbaffled stirred tank by a Rushton turbine was computed by large-eddy simulation (LES) and the Smagorinsky model was used to model the unresolved sub-grid scales.
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Turbulent flow in closed and free-surface unbaffled tanks stirred by radial impellers

TL;DR: In this paper, the three-dimensional turbulent flow field in unbaffled tanks stirred by radial impellers was numerically simulated by a finite-volume method on body-fitted, co-located grids.
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Bench-Scale Investigation of Inclined Dense Jets

TL;DR: In this paper, experimental data on the geometry of dense inclined jets issuing in a lab-scale glass rectangular tank are presented, where the surrounding fluid was always tap water at room temperature while the dense jets were water solutions of NaCl.