Active volume of mean circulation for stirred tanks agitated with axial impellers

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1325-1335

  Bittorf, Kevin J ^a   Kresta, Suzanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active volume; Axial impeller; Jets; Mixing; PBT discharge; Stirred tank

Indexed keywords

JETS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MIXING; ROTORS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBULENT FLOW;

ACTIVE VOLUME; STIRRED TANKS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

AXIAL MIXING; CIRCULATION; MIXING; STIRRED TANK;

EID: 0034098661     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00403-0     Document Type: Article

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