Solids settling velocity and distribution in slurry reactors with dilute pseudoplastic suspensions

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 40, Issue 20, 2001, Pages 4456-4462

  Pinelli, Davide ^a   Magelli, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; SLURRIES; TURBINES; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

SLURRY REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

REACTOR; SETTLING VELOCITY; SLURRY; SOLID-SOLID SEPARATION; STIRRED TANK; TURBINE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; LIQUID; REACTOR; SOLID; TANK; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0035802257     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0010518     Document Type: Article

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