Power consumption of a Rushton turbine mixing viscous Newtonian and shear-thinning fluids: comparison between experimental and numerical results

Chemical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 599-604

  Torrez, Claude ^a   André, Christophe ^a  

^a Ecole des Hautes Etudes d'Ingenieur   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXING; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RHEOLOGY; VELOCITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

POWER CONSUMPTION; RUSHTON TURBINES; SHEAR RATE; SHEAR THINNING FLUIDS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE FLUENT;

TURBINES;

MIXING; TURBINE; VISCOUS FLUID;

EID: 0032124568     PISSN: 09307516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4125(199807)21:7<599::AID-CEAT599>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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