Experimental study on liquid-liquid macromixing in a stirred tank

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 5952-5958

  Zhao, Yanchun ^a,b   Li, Xiangyang ^a   Cheng, Jingcai ^a   Yang, Chao ^a   Mao, Zai Sha ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGITATION SPEED; CONTINUOUS PHASE; DISPERSED PHASE; DOWNFLOW; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GAS LIQUIDS; HIGH VOLUME FRACTION; IMMISCIBLE LIQUIDS; INCREASING VISCOSITY; LIQUID-LIQUID SYSTEMS; LIQUID-LIQUIDS; MACROMIXING; MIXING TIME; PITCHED BLADE TURBINE; POWER CONSUMPTION; PROBE POSITION; STIRRED TANK; TAP WATER;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMPELLERS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TITRATION; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 79955888475     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie102270p     Document Type: Article

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