Energy efficient solids suspension in an agitated vessel-water slurry

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 74, Issue , 2012, Pages 233-243

  Wang, Steven ^a,b   Boger, David V ^a,c   Wu, Jie ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agitator power efficiency; Dispersion of solids; Energy efficiency; Mixing; Removal of baffles; Solids suspension

Indexed keywords

AGITATED TANK; AGITATION ENERGY; AXIAL FLOW IMPELLERS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; GEOMETRICAL EFFECT; LITERATURE DATA; PITCH ANGLE; POWER EFFICIENCY; SOLID CONCENTRATIONS; SOLIDS DISPERSION; SOLIDS SUSPENSION;

DISPERSIONS; IMPELLERS; MIXING; SLURRIES; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84862817893     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.02.035     Document Type: Article

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