Numerical study of solid-liquid two-phase flow in stirred tanks with Rushton impeller (II) Prediction of critical impeller speed

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 610-614

  Wang, Feng ^a,b   Mao, Zaisha ^a   Shen, Xiangqian ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHANGSHA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY   (China)

Author keywords

Critical impeller speed; Numerical simulation; Solid suspension; Solid liquid flow; Stirred tank

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPELLERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CRITICAL IMPELLER SPEED; SOLID LIQUID FLOW; SOLID PARTICLES; SOLID SUSPENSION; STIRRED TANK;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

CRITICAL VELOCITY; IMPELLER; LIQUID-SOLID TWO-PHASE FLOW; STIRRED TANK;

EID: 11144248184     PISSN: 10049541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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