Effect of shaft eccentricity and impeller blade thickness on the vortices features in an unbaffled vessel

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-400

  Galletti, C ^a   Pintus, S ^a   Brunazzi, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eccentric agitation; Macro instability; Mixing; Mixing time; Rushton turbine; Unbaffled vessel

Indexed keywords

ENGINES; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; TURBINES; VORTEX SHEDDING;

ECCENTRIC AGITATION; MACRO-INSTABILITY; MIXING TIME; RUSHTON TURBINE; UNBAFFLED VESSEL;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 61349199583     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2008.11.013     Document Type: Article

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