On the contribution of the scales of mixing to the oxygen transfer in stirred tanks

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 232-241

  Martín, Mariano ^a   Montes, Francisco J ^a   Galán, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Macromixing; Mass transfer; Micromixing; Mixing time; Stirred tanks; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MASS TRANSFER; MIXING; OXYGEN; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

MACROMIXING; MICROMIXING; MIXING TIME; STIRRED TANKS; TURBULENCE;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

EID: 53949114668     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.04.019     Document Type: Article

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