Comparing impeller performance for solid-suspension in the transitional flow regime with Newtonian fluids

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 721-727

  Ibrahim, S ^a,b   Nienow, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Flow patterns; Impellers; Solid suspension; Transitional flow; Zwietering equation

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; ROTORS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TRANSITION FLOW; TURBINES; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

ZWIETERING EQUATION;

NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS;

IMPELLER; LIQUID-SOLID TWO-PHASE FLOW; NEWTONIAN FLUID; SUSPENSION;

EID: 0033495755     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387699526863     Document Type: Article

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