Hydrodynamic measurements of up- and down-pumping pitched-blade turbines in gassed, agitated vessels, using Positron Emission Particle Tracking

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 6371-6380

  Fishwick, Robert P ^a   Winterbottom, J Mike ^a   Parker, David J ^a   Fan, Xianfeng ^a   Stitt, E Hugh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNSON MATTHEY CATALYSTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; IMPELLERS; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; POSITRONS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; TURBINES; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

HYDRODYNAMIC MEASUREMENTS; LIQUID-PHASE MIXING; PITCHED-BLADE TURBINES; POSITRON EMISSION PARTICLE TRACKING (PEPT);

HYDRODYNAMICS;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 23944490106     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie049191v     Document Type: Article

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