Revisiting the performance of a coaxial mixer

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3562-3567

  Farhat, Maya ^a   Fradette, Louis ^a   Tanguy, Philippe A ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; KETONES; MIXERS (MACHINERY); REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATION; STABILITY; TURBINES; TURBULENCE;

DIAMETER RATIO; FLOW REGIMES; MIXING EFFICIENCIES; POWER NUMBER; REYNOLDS; RUSHTON TURBINES; TRANSITION REGIMES; TURBULENT REGIMES;

MIXING;

EID: 49049112448     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie071131c     Document Type: Article

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