Mixing in liquid-jet-agitated tanks: Effects of jet asymmetry

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1052-1066

  Zughbi, Habib D ^a   Ahmad, Iqtedar ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; MIXING; PUMPS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

JET ASYMMETRY; LIQUID-JET-AGITATED TANKS; MIXING TIME; SYMMETRIC JETS;

JETS;

AGITATION; JET MIXING; MIXING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONDUCTANCE; GEOMETRY; LIQUID; LIQUID JET AGITATED TANK; MIXING; PUMP; SIMULATION; TANK; TEMPERATURE; TIME; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 13544276183     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0496683     Document Type: Article

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