PEPT measurements of solid-liquid flow field and spatial phase distribution in concentrated monodisperse stirred suspensions

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1905-1914

  Guida, Antonio ^a   Nienow, Alvin W ^a   Barigou, Mostafa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mixing; PBT impeller; PEPT; Solid liquid; Suspension; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

3D-VELOCITY; CONCENTRATION FIELDS; EULERIAN DESCRIPTION; FLOW DATA; GLASS PARTICLES; LAGRANGIAN; LOCAL SOLIDS CONCENTRATION; MASS BALANCE; MASS CONTINUITY; MONODISPERSE; PHASE DISTRIBUTION; PITCHED BLADE TURBINE; POSITRON EMISSION PARTICLE TRACKING; PUMPING MODES; SOLID FRACTION; SOLID LIQUID FLOW; SOLID-LIQUID; SOLID-LIQUID SUSPENSION; SOLID-PHASE; STIRRED VESSELS; TWO PHASIS; UNIFORMITY INDEX; UP-PUMPING;

BIOACCUMULATION; FLOW FIELDS; LIQUIDS; PUMPS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; TWO PHASE FLOW;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 76549117642     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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