Mixing of a lignin-based slurry fuel

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 265-270

  Posarac, Dusko ^a   Watkinson, A Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrofoil impeller; Lignin slurry fuel; Metzner Otto constant; Mixing; Transition region

Indexed keywords

FUELS; LIGNIN; MIXTURES; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; SLURRIES; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER;

HYDROFOIL IMPELLER; LIGNIN BASED SLURRY FUEL; METZNER-OTTO CONSTANT; TRANSITION REGION;

MIXING;

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; FOSSIL FUEL; LIGNIN; SURFACTANT; WATER;

FUEL; LIQUID-LIQUID MIXING; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; SLURRY;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PULP MILL; SHEAR RATE;

EID: 0033627086     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450780134     Document Type: Article

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