Using tomography technique to characterize the continuous-flow mixing of non-newtonian fluids in stirred vessels

Chemical Engineering Transactions

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 1465-1470

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

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVES; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DEFORMATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; IMPELLERS; MIXING; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; RADIAL FLOW; RHEOLOGY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TOMOGRAPHY; VISCOUS FLOW; VISUALIZATION; YIELD STRESS;

CONTINUOUS FLOWS; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID FLOW; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; PSEUDOPLASTIC FLUID; PULP SUSPENSION; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE; WASTEWATER SLUDGE;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

EID: 84879246710     PISSN: 22839216     EISSN: 22839216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33032/CET1332245     Document Type: Conference Paper

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