Mixing of Pseudoplastic Fluids Using Helical Ribbon Impellers

AIChE Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2768-2772

  Shekhar, S Murthy ^a,b   Jayanti, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; FLUID DYNAMICS; IMPELLERS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROTATION; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

PSEUDOPLASTIC FLUIDS; SHEAR RATE;

MIXING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; HELICAL ROTOR PUMP; IMPELLER; MIXER; MIXING;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; IMPELLER; LIQUID; SHEAR RATE; SIMULATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0345256638     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690491109     Document Type: Article

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