Simulation of a Rushton turbine mixing yield stress fluids: Application of the Metzner-Otto concept

Chemical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 701-706

  Torrez, Claude ^a   André, Christophe ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAMINAR FLOW; RHEOLOGY; VISCOPLASTICITY; YIELD STRESS;

COUETTE SYSTEM; METZNER-OTTO CONCEPT; RUSHTON TURBINE; VISCOPLASTIC FLUID;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTER PROGRAM; COUETTE FLOW; TURBINE;

EID: 0032879869     PISSN: 09307516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4125(199908)22:8<701::AID-CEAT701>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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