Dispersion of floating solid particles in aerated stirred tank reactors: Minimum impeller speeds for off-surface and ultimately homogeneous solid suspension and solids concentration profiles

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 818-829

  Tagawa, Atsushi ^a   Dohi, Naoki ^b   Kawase, Yoshinori ^a  

^a TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mitsubishi Chemical Engineering Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; IMPELLERS; MACHINE DESIGN; TURBINES; WATER AERATION;

GAS FLOW RATES; POWER CONSUMPTION; SOLID PARTICLES; STIRRED TANK REACTORS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CHEMICAL REACTORS; IMPELLERS; MACHINE DESIGN; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TURBINES; WATER AERATION;

EID: 31544474911     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie050634k     Document Type: Article

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