Numerical evaluation of mixing time in a tank reactor stirred by a magnetically driven impeller

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 6836-6846

  Campolo, Marina ^a,b   Soldati, Alfredo ^b  

^a INSTITUTO PLURIDISCIPLINAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COSTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; IMPELLERS; MAGNETIZATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

FLOW FIELDS; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; POWER CONSUMPTION;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

IMPELLER; MIXING; STIRRED TANK;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONSENSUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST; DYNAMICS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EVALUATION; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; IMPELLER; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MIXING TIME; PARAMETER; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PUMP; SIMULATION; STIRRED REACTOR; TANK; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 4944231741     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0499355     Document Type: Article

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