Air entrainment in baffled stirred tanks

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 85, Issue 5 A, 2007, Pages 654-664

  Bhattacharya, S ^a   Hebert, D ^a   Kresta, Suzanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air entrainment; Stirred tanks; Surface aeration; Up pumping pitched blade turbine

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); IMPELLERS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); SURFACE TENSION; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

STIRRED TANKS; SURFACE AERATION; UP-PUMPING PITCHED BLADE TURBINE;

AIR ENTRAINMENT;

AIR ENTRAINMENT; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); IMPELLERS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); SURFACE TENSION; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 34250875746     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/cherd06184     Document Type: Conference Paper

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