Scale-up criteria for the solids distribution in slurry reactors stirred with multiple impellers

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 58, Issue 23-24, 2003, Pages 5363-5372

  Montante, Giuseppina ^a   Pinelli, Davide ^a   Magelli, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Mixing; Multiphase reactors; Multiple impellers; Scale up; Slurries

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; DATA REDUCTION; IMPELLERS; SEDIMENTATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

STANDARD DEVIATION;

SLURRIES;

DISPERSION; IMPELLER; MIXING; REACTOR; SLURRY; STIRRED TANK;

EID: 0344287136     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2003.09.021     Document Type: Article

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