Mixing by rotary jet heads: Indications of the benefits of head rotation under turbulent and transitional flow conditions

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1454-1461

  Nordkvist, Mikkel ^a   Vognsen, Marie ^b   Nienow, Alvin W ^c   Villadsen, John ^b   Gernaey, Krist V ^b  

^a ISO MIX A/S   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Chaos'; Mixing; Rotary jet head; Shear thinning; Transitional; Turbulent

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; IODINE; JETS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATION; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TRANSITION FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

'CHAOS'; ROTARY JET HEAD; SHEAR-THINNING; TRANSITIONAL; TURBULENT;

MIXING;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; IODINE; JETS; MIXING; ROTATION; TANKS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 57049119056     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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