Agitation requirements for complete solid suspension in an unbaffled agitated vessel with an unsteadily forward-reverse rotating impeller

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 672-680

  Tezura, Shuichi ^a,b   Kimura, Akihiro ^a   Yoshida, Masanori ^a   Yamagiwa, Kazuaki ^a   Ohkawa, Akira ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shimazaki Mixing Equipment Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complete solid suspension; Forward reverse rotating impeller; Just suspended power consumption; Minimum rotation rate; Unbaffled agitated vessel

Indexed keywords

ROTATING MACHINERY; ROTATION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TURBOMACHINERY;

DISK TURBINE IMPELLER; FORWARD-REVERSE ROTATING IMPELLER; UNBAFFLED AGITATED VESSEL;

IMPELLERS;

IMPELLERS; ROTATING MACHINERY; ROTATION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TURBOMACHINERY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISPERSION; EMPIRICISM; GEOMETRY; IMPELLER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PARTICULATE MATTER; POWER SUPPLY; PREDICTION; ROTATION; SOLID STATE; SUSPENSION;

EID: 34547663703     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.1726     Document Type: Article

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