Scale-up of Rushton turbine-agitated tanks

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 4245-4256

  Ståhl Wernersson, Eva ^a   Trägårdh, Christian ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agitated tanks; Anemometry measurements; Local energy dissipation rate; Power input; Rushton turbine; Scale up; Turbulent kinetic energy

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; ENERGY DISSIPATION; KINETIC ENERGY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTORS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TORQUE; TURBINES; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY;

CONSTANT TEMPERATURE ANEMOMETRY; LOCAL ENERGY DISSIPATION RATE; POWER INPUT; RUSHTON TURBINE; RUSHTON TURBINE AGITATED TANKS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENT VELOCITIES;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

GEOMETRICAL EFFECT; SCALE EFFECT; STIRRED TANK; TURBINE;

EID: 0033603230     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00127-X     Document Type: Article

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