Effects of baffle design on the liquid mixing in an aerated stirred tank with standard Rushton turbine impellers

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 21-22, 1997, Pages 3843-3851

  Lu, Wei Ming ^a   Wu, Hong Zhang ^a   Ju, Ming Ying ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Baffle design; Liquid mixing; Mixing time; Multiple impellers; Power consumption; Stirred tank

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ROTORS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

AERATED STIRRED TANKS; BAFFLES; RUSHTON TURBINE IMPELLERS; SPARGING;

MIXING;

BAFFLE; IMPELLER; LIQUID-LIQUID MIXING; MIXING; STIRRED TANK;

EID: 0031280096     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)88929-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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