Experimental mixing study of a yield stress fluid in a laminar stirred tank

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 195-202

  Curran, Stephen J ^a   Hayes, Robert E ^a   Afacan, Artin ^a   Williams, Michael C ^a   Tanguy, Philippe A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSTIC SODA; MIXING; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; RHEOLOGY; ROTORS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; WATER; YIELD STRESS;

LAMINAR STIRRED TANK; YIELD STRESS FLUID;

LAMINAR FLOW;

CARBOPOL 940; POLYMER; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; WATER;

CIRCULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMPELLER; LAMINAR FLOW;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL REACTION; CIRCULATION; FOOD PROCESSING; LAMINAR FLOW; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0033977190     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie990468e     Document Type: Article

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