Mixing times for process vessels with aspect ratios greater than one

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2935-2944

  Rodgers, T L ^a   Gangolf, L ^b   Vannier, C ^b   Parriaud, M ^b   Cooke, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Homogenisation; Large aspect ratio; Mixing time; Scale up; Stirred vessel; Tomography

Indexed keywords

HOMOGENISATION; LARGE ASPECT RATIO; MIXING TIME; SCALE-UP; STIRRED VESSELS;

BLOWERS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; IMPELLERS; MIXING; TOMOGRAPHY; TURBINES;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 79955639536     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.03.036     Document Type: Article

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