Gas-liquid mixing studies : A comparison of rushton turbines with some modern impellers

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 417-423

  Nienow, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrofoil impellers; Mass transfer; Mixing times; Power draw

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; HYDROFOILS; MASS TRANSFER; TURBINES;

GAS LIQUID MIXING; HYDROFOIL IMPELLERS APV B2; POWER DRAW; POWER NUMBER; RUSHTON TURBINES;

MIXING;

IMPELLERS; MIXING(GAS/LIQUID); TURBINES RUSHTON;

EID: 4243106326     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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