Scale-up of mixing in gassed multi-turbine agitated vessels

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 398-404

  Vasconcelos, Jorge M T ^a   Alves, Sebastião S ^a   Nienow, Alvin W ^b   Bujalski, Waldemar ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; ROTORS; TURBINES;

MULTITURBINE AGITATED VESSELS; RUSHTON TURBINES;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

DESIGN; GAS-LIQUID MIXING; SCALE MODEL; STIRRED TANK;

EID: 0032100995     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450760308     Document Type: Article

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