Fluid trajectories in a stirred vessel of non-Newtonian liquid using positron emission particle tracking

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 55, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 5969-5979

  Fangary, Y S ^a   Barigou, M ^a   Seville, J P K ^a   Parker, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; MIXING; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; VISCOUS FLOW;

POSITRON EMISSION PARTICLE TRACKING (PEPT); STIRRED VESSELS;

RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

AGITATION; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STIRRED TANK;

EID: 0034351943     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(00)00176-7     Document Type: Article

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