Minimizing impeller slurry wear through multilayer paint modelling

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 835-842

  Wu, J ^a   Ngyuen, B ^a   Graham, L ^a   Zhu, Y ^a   Kilpatrick, T ^a   Davis, J ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Rio Tinto Limited Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Multilayer paint modelling; Slurry mixing impeller erosion; Vortex induced wear

Indexed keywords

IMPELLERS; MULTILAYERS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VORTEX FLOW;

IMPELLER DESIGNS; THREE-PHASE MIXING; WEAR PATTERNS;

PAINT;

IMPELLER; PAINT; WEAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 27844449473     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450830505     Document Type: Article

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