A New Investigation of the Metzner-Otto Concept for Anchor Mixing Impellers

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 222-228

  Tanguy, P A ^a   Thibault, F ^a   Brito De la Fuente, E ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anchor impellers; Metzner Otto concept; Mixing; Power consumption; Shear thickening (dilatant) fluids; Shear thinning (pseudoplastic) fluids

Indexed keywords

MIXING; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SHEAR FLOW;

ANCHOR MIXING IMPELLERS; METZNER OTTO CONCEPT; SHEAR THICKENING FLUIDS; SHEAR THINNING FLUIDS;

ROTORS;

IMPELLERS; MIXING; NON NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; SHEAR THICKENING; SHEAR THINNING;

EID: 0030114757     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450740207     Document Type: Article

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