Enhancement of mixing by unsteady agitation of an impeller in an agitated vessel

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 875-879

  Nomura, Toshio ^a   Uchida, Tatsuo ^a   Takahashi, Koji ^b  

^a Shinto Scientific Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enhancement of Mixing; Mixing; Mixing Time; Segregated Region; Unsteady Agitation

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTORS; VISCOUS FLOW;

AGITATED VESSEL; DECOLORATION REACTION;

MIXING;

AGITATOR; IMPELLER; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 0031252049     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.30.875     Document Type: Article

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