Enhancement of laminar mixing in stirred vessel using geometrical perturbations

Journal of Applied Research and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 520-533

  Hidalgo Millan A ^a   Taboada, B ^b   Vega Alvarado, L ^c   Zenit, R ^d   Ascanio, Gabriel ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NAYARIT   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN MATERIALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Eccentric impellers; Hydrodynamics; Laminar flow; Mixing; Stirred vessels; Visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866671513     PISSN: 16656423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22201/icat.16656423.2012.10.4.371     Document Type: Article

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