Effect of blade pitch on the structure of the trailing vortex around Rushton turbine impellers

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 556-562

  Lu, Wei Ming ^a   Yang, Bing Shiou ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DEFORMATION; KINETIC ENERGY; ROTORS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; TURBULENCE;

RUSHTON TURBINES;

VORTEX FLOW;

BLADE PITCHING; IMPELLER; MIXING; TURBINE; VORTEX;

EID: 0032100422     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450760328     Document Type: Article

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