The use of momentum ratio to evaluate the performance of CSTRs

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 485-491

  Jones, P N ^a   Ozcan Taskin N G ^b   Yianneskis, M ^c  

^a DuPont de Nemours GmbH   (Germany)

^b BHR GROUP LIMITED   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CSTR; Mixing; Momentum ratio; Residence time distribution; Scale up

Indexed keywords

MOLTEN MATERIALS;

CSTR; EXCESSIVE ENERGIES; IMPELLER SPEED; INLET FLOW RATES; JET MOMENTUMS; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; MIXING TIME; MOMENTUM RATIO; PLUG FLOWS; PROCESS PARAMETERS; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; SCALE-UP;

MOMENTUM;

EID: 61349138782     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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