Particle Concentration and Mixing Characteristics of Moderate-to-Dense Solid-Liquid Suspensions

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 6236-6249

  Micheletti, Martina ^a   Nikiforaki, Loukia ^a   Lee, Kalok C ^a   Yianneskis, Michael ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; IMPELLERS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STRAIN GAGES; TURBINES;

MIXING TIME;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CONCENTRATION; LIQUID-SOLID MIXING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SLURRY; SUSPENSION;

CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONDUCTANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; MEASUREMENT; SOLID; SUSPENSION; VELOCITY; VESSEL;

EID: 0345356909     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0303799     Document Type: Conference Paper

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