The simplest stirred tank for laminar mixing: Mixing in a vessel agitated by an off-centered angled disc

AIChE Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3092-3108

  Bulnes Abundis, D ^a   Alvarez, M M ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Eccentric agitation; Laminar; Mixing structure; Mixing time; Stirred tank

Indexed keywords

ECCENTRIC AGITATION; LAMINAR; MIXING STRUCTURES; MIXING TIME; STIRRED TANK;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

MIXING;

EID: 84880589354     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.14064     Document Type: Article

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