Power consumption in stirred tanks provided with multiple pitched-blade turbines

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2809-2816

  Armenante, Piero M ^a   Mazzarotta, Barbara ^b   Chang, Gwo Ming ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; ROTORS; SHAFTS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBINES; TURBULENT FLOW;

PITCHED BLADE TURBINES; STIRRED TANKS;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

AGITATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HEAT LOSS; TANK;

EID: 0032793930     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie980692o     Document Type: Article

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