Dynamic performance of continuous-flow mixing of pseudoplastic fluids exhibiting yield stress in stirred reactors

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 9377-9389

  Patel, Dineshkumar ^a   Ein Mozaffari, Farhad ^a   Mehrvar, Mehrab ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY INPUTS; BRINE SOLUTION; CONTINUOUS-FLOW; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; DYNAMIC TESTS; IMPELLER SPEED; JET VELOCITIES; MIXING QUALITY; MIXING VESSELS; NONIDEAL FLOWS; OUTLET LOCATION; PSEUDOPLASTIC FLUID; QUALITY OF PRODUCT; RESIDENCE TIME; STIRRED REACTORS; TANK DIAMETERS; UP-PUMPING;

FLUIDS; IMPELLERS; MIXING; OPTIMIZATION; PUMPS; TESTING; YIELD STRESS;

INLET FLOW;

EID: 79960873235     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie102388y     Document Type: Article

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