Using positron emission particle tracking (PEPT) to study mixing in stirred vessels: Validation and tackling unsolved problems in opaque systems

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 839-846

  Barigou, Mostafa ^a   Chiti, Fabio ^a   Pianko Oprych, Paulina ^a   Guida, Antonio ^a   Adams, Luke ^a   Fan, Xianfeng ^a   Parker, David J ^a   Nienow, Alvin William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lagrangian data; Liquid mixing; PEPT; Shear thinning slurry; Solids distribution

Indexed keywords

BROAD SPECTRUM; FLOW PHENOMENA; HIGH SOLID CONCENTRATION; LAGRANGIAN; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY; LIQUID MIXING; LIQUID PHASE; LOW VISCOSITY; NON-NEWTONIAN; OCCUPANCY MAPS; OPTICAL METHODS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PITCHED BLADE TURBINE; POINCARE; POSITRON EMISSION PARTICLE TRACKING; PROCESS INDUSTRIES; QUANTITATIVE DATA; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RUSHTON; SHEAR THINNING; SLURRY SOLIDS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STIRRED VESSELS; SUSPENDED PARTICLES; THREE DIMENSIONAL FLOW FIELD; THREE DIMENSIONS; UNSOLVED PROBLEMS; VELOCITY PROFILES;

FLOW VISUALIZATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LIQUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; POSITRONS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SLURRIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; YIELD STRESS;

MIXING;

EID: 70749125882     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.08we262     Document Type: Article

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