The use of positron emission particle tracking in the study of multiphase stirred tank reactor hydrodynamics

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-103

  Fishwick, Rob ^a   Winterbottom, Mike ^a   Parker, David ^a   Fan, Xianfeng ^a   Stitt, Hugh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNSON MATTHEY CATALYSTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluid trajectory; Hydrodynamics; Particle tracking; PEPT; Stirred tank reactor

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; EVALUATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TWO PHASE FLOW;

PARTICLE-LIQUID VELOCITY; POSITION EMISSION PARTICLE TRACKING (PEPT); RUSHTON TURBINE; STIRRED TANKS;

IMPELLERS;

STIRRED TANK;

EID: 18644366710     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450830117     Document Type: Article

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