Effect of low off-bottom impeller clearance on the minimum agitation speed for complete suspension of solids in stirred tanks

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1757-1775

  Armenante, Piero M ^a   Nagamine, Ernesto Uehara ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial impellers; Impeller clearance; Minimum agitation speed; Mixing; Power consumption; Power dissipation; Radial impellers; Solids suspension

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINERY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RADIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINERY; ROTORS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBINES;

AXIAL IMPELLERS; IMPELLER CLEARANCE; RADIAL IMPELLERS;

MIXING;

AGITATOR; SUSPENDED LOAD;

EID: 0032557667     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00001-3     Document Type: Article

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