Local power uptake in gas-liquid systems with single and multiple Rushton turbines

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2631-2636

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

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerated stirred vessel; Impeller hydrodynamics; Impeller power uptake; Local power uptake; Multiple impellers; Rushton turbine

Indexed keywords

IMPELLERS; POWER CONSUMPTION; RUSHTON; STIRRED TANKS; TURBINES;

CORRELATION METHODS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTORS; TURBINES;

AERATED STIRRED VESSEL; GAS LIQUID SYSTEMS; IMPELLER POWER UPTAKE; LOCAL POWER UPTAKE; MULTIPLE IMPELLERS; RUSHTON TURBINE;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 0030153138     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(96)00128-5     Document Type: Article

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