Power consumption with anchor mixers effect of bottom clearance

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 157, Issue , 1997, Pages 65-71

  Espinosa Solares, T ^a,c   Brito De La Fuente, E ^a,b   Thibault, F ^b   Tanguy, P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA CHAPINGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anchors; Bottom clearance; Mixing; Power input; Wall clearance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ANCHOR MIXERS; BOTTOM CLEARANCE; POWER CONSUMPTION; WALL CLEARANCE;

MIXING;

EID: 5244242171     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986449708936683     Document Type: Article

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