Power demand and mixing performance of coaxial mixers in non-newtonian fluids

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 57-66

  Bao, Yuyun ^a   Yang, Bo ^a   Xie, Yong ^a   Gao, Zhengming ^a   Zhang, Zhongdong ^b   Liu, Tao ^b   Gao, Xionghou ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED   (China)

Author keywords

Coaxial Mixers; Mixing Performance; Non Newtonian Fluids; Power Draw; Stirred Tank

Indexed keywords

COAXIAL MIXERS; MIXING PERFORMANCE; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; POWER DRAW; STIRRED TANK;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BLOWERS; DISPERSIONS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUIDS; IMPELLERS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; ROTATION; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBINES; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VISCOUS FLOW;

MIXING;

EID: 79951849128     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.10we226     Document Type: Article

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