Simple model to evaluate loading/flooding transition in aerated vessels stirred by Rushton disc turbines

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1-5

  Paglianti, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gas liquid reactors; Loading flooding transition; Stirred vessel

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AERATED STIRRED TANK REACTORS; CONTINUITY EQUATIONS; FLOODING/LOADING TRANSITIONS; RUSHTON DISC TURBINES;

TURBINES;

AERATION; AGITATION; GAS-LIQUID MIXING; MIXING; STIRRED TANK; TURBINE;

AERATION; ARTICLE; FLOODING; FLUID FLOW; GAS FLOW; GEOMETRY; IMPELLER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; STIRRED REACTOR;

EID: 2942556736     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450800409     Document Type: Article

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