Suspension of buoyant particles in a three phase stirred tank

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 8-9 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 2283-2292

  Bao, Yuyun ^a   Hao, Zhigang ^a   Gao, Zhengming ^a   Shi, Lilian ^a   Smith, J M ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buoyant particles; Gas dispersion; Mixing; Multiphase flow; Multiple impellers; Stirred tank reactors

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSIONS; IMPELLERS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; POLYPROPYLENES; SHAFTS (MACHINE COMPONENTS);

BUOYANT PARTICLES; HYDROFOIL IMPELLER; RELATIVE POWER DEMAND (RPD); STIRRED TANKS;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES;

IMPELLER; MIXING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; STIRRED TANK;

EID: 14544292933     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.10.040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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