Cavern formation in pulp suspensions using side-entering axial-flow impellers

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 509-519

  Hui, Leo K ^a   Bennington, Chad P J ^a   Dumont, Guy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axial flow impellers; Cavern formation; Mixing; Non Newtonian fluids; Pulp fibre suspensions; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; BLOWERS; CAVES; COLLOIDS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; IMPELLERS; LIQUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RHEOLOGY; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS); THEOREM PROVING; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC TESTING; VISCOUS FLOW; YIELD STRESS;

ACTIVE MOTIONS; AND MODELS; AXIAL FLOW IMPELLERS; CAVERN DIMENSIONS; CAVERN FORMATION; DIAMETER RATIOS; DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHIES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; IMPELLER SPEEDS; INVASIVE TECHNIQUES; MASS CONCENTRATIONS; MIXING CONDITIONS; MODEL PREDICTIONS; NEWTONIANS; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; PULP FIBRE SUSPENSIONS; PULP SUSPENSIONS; SOFTWOOD PULPS; VESSEL WALLS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 58149291694     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.09.021     Document Type: Article

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