Mixing in a tank stirred by a Rushton turbine at a low clearance

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 842-851

  Ochieng, Aoyi ^a,b   Onyango, Maurice S ^b   Kumar, Anil ^c   Kiriamiti, Kirimi ^c   Musonge, Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

CFD; Draft tube; Hydrodynamics; Mixing; Rushton turbine; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW PATTERNS; IMPELLERS;

LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY; RUSHTON TURBINE;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

AXIAL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW PATTERNS; IMPELLERS; MIXERS (MACHINERY);

EID: 39749203599     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2007.01.034     Document Type: Article

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