CFD simulation of solid liquid suspensions in baffled stirred vessels below complete suspension speed

Chemical Engineering Transactions

Volumn 24, Issue , 2011, Pages 1435-1440

  Tamburini, Alessandro ^a   Cipollina, Andrea ^a   Micale, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

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EID: 79955510980     PISSN: 22839216     EISSN: 22839216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3303/CET1124240     Document Type: Conference Paper

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