Effect of impeller type on continuous-flow mixing of non-Newtonian fluids in stirred vessels through dynamic tests

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 290-298

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

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Close clearance impellers; Continuous flow mixing; Mixing dynamics; Nonideal flows; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS-FLOW; DEAD ZONES; DOUBLE-HELICAL; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; DYNAMIC TESTS; FLUID RHEOLOGY; IMPELLER SPEED; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; MIXING DYNAMICS; MIXING QUALITY; MIXING VESSELS; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; NONIDEAL FLOWS; POWER INPUT; PSEUDOPLASTIC FLUID; RADIAL FLOW IMPELLERS; STIRRED REACTORS; STIRRED VESSELS; UP-PUMPING; XANTHAN GUM;

FLOW MEASUREMENT; MIXING; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; RADIAL FLOW; RHEOLOGY; VISCOUS FLOW; YIELD STRESS;

IMPELLERS;

EID: 84857920940     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: 1939019X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.21628     Document Type: Article

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