The performance of a proto-fermenter containing independently-driven dual impellers in a draft tube (IDDIDT): Mixing times

Food and Bioproducts Processing: Transactions of the Institution of of Chemical Engineers, Part C

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 199-207

  John, A H ^a   Bujalski, W ^b   Nienow, A W ^a  

^a BHR GROUP LIMITED   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Draft tube; Dual impeller; Homogeneity; Mixing time

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346541909     PISSN: 09603085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/096030898532098     Document Type: Article

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