Solids suspension in stirred tanks with pitched blade turbines

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2123-2140

  Sharma, Rajendra N ^a   Shaikh, Abdullah A ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Critical speed of suspension; Impeller; Mixing; Solids suspension; Stirred tank

Indexed keywords

IMPELLERS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

SOLID SUSPENSIONS;

TURBINES;

BLADE; IMPELLER; SOLID-SOLID MIXING; SUSPENSION; TURBINE;

EID: 0038583950     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(03)00023-X     Document Type: Article

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