Blending of Newtonian and shear-thinning fluids in a tank stirred with a helical screw agitator

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1105-1114

  Aubin, J ^a   Naude, I ^a   Bertrand, J ^a   Xuereb, C ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

CFD; Draft tube; Non Newtonian; Power consumption; Screw agitator

Indexed keywords

AGITATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; NEWTONIAN FLUID; POWER CONSUMPTION; SHEAR THINNING; STIRRED TANK;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

DRAFT TUBES; HELICAL SCREW AGITATORS;

LAMINAR FLOW;

EID: 0034314859     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387600528382     Document Type: Article

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