Stirring of a liquid in a stirred tank with an eccentrically located impeller

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 8-9 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 2369-2380

  Karcz, Joanna ^a   Cudak, Magdalena ^a   Szoplik, Jolanta ^a  

^a WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Distribution of the transport coefficients; Eccentricity of the impeller shaft; Heat transfer; Homogenisation; Mixing; Mixing time; Momentum transfer

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; IMPELLERS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MIXING; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PROPELLERS; TURBULENT FLOW;

MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NEWTONIAN LIQUID FLOW; POWER CONSUMPTION; STIRRED TANKS;

CONTAINERS;

HEAT TRANSFER; IMPELLER; MIXING; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; STIRRED TANK;

EID: 14544279801     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.11.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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