Mixing characteristics in slurry stirred tank reactors with multiple impellers

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 171, Issue , 1999, Pages 211-229

  Dohi, N ^a   Matsuda, Y ^a   Itano, N ^a,c   Shimizu, K ^b   Minekawa, K ^b   Kawase, Y ^b  

^a MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixing; Multiple impellers; Slurry stirred tank reactors

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GLASS; HYDRODYNAMICS; METHANOL; MIXING; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); ROTORS; SLURRIES; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WATER;

STIRRED TANK REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 0032637131     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986449908912758     Document Type: Article

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