Mixing performance induced by coaxial flat blade-helical ribbon impellers rotating at different speeds

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1733-1741

  Tanguy, Philippe A ^a   Thibault, Francis ^a   Brito De La Fuente, Edmundo ^b   Espinosa Solares, Teodoro ^b   Tecante, Alberto ^b  

^a PAPRICAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

3D simulation; Dual impeller; Experimental work; Flat blade; Helical ribbon; Laminar regime; Power draw; Shear thinning fluids; Viscous mixing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXING; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VISCOUS FLOW;

HELICAL RIBBON IMPELLER; SHEAR THINNING FLUIDS;

ROTORS;

IMPELLERS; MIXING;

EID: 0030615998     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)00008-0     Document Type: Article

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