Compartment mixing model for stirred reactors with multiple impellers

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 261-271

  Cui, Y Q ^a   Van Der Lans, R G J M ^a   Noorman, H J ^b   Luyben, K Ch A M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Gist Brocades NV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compartment model; Mixing; Multiple impellers; Stirred vessel

Indexed keywords

IMPELLERS; MIXING(LIQUID/LIQUID; MULTIPLE; REACTORS; STIRRED; STIRRED TANKS;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

COMPARTMENT MIXING MODEL; MULTIPLE IMPELLER REACTORS; STIRRED VESSEL;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 0029673051     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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