How to scale-up mixing processes in non-newtonian fluids

Chemical Engineering Progress

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 44-52

  Wilkens, Robert J ^a   Henry, Christopher ^b   Gates, Lewis E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ReyNo Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; ROTORS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; STEADY FLOW; TORQUE; VISCOSITY OF GASES;

FLUID VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; LIQUID AGITATION; POWER LAW FLUIDS; SHEAR RATES;

NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS;

EID: 0037799524     PISSN: 03607275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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