Cavern sizes generated in highly shear thinning viscous fluids by SCABA 3SHP1 impellers

Food and Bioproducts Processing: Transactions of the Institution of of Chemical Engineers, Part C

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 232-238

  Amanullah, A ^a   Hjorth, S A ^b   Nienow, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SCABA Agitators   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cavern; Impeller retrofitting; Mixing; Power law fluids; Power measurement; SCABA 3SHP1 impellers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003220553     PISSN: 09603085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/096030897531630     Document Type: Article

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