Using tomography to visualize the continuous-flow mixing of biopolymer solutions inside a stirred tank reactor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 239, Issue , 2014, Pages 257-273

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

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Laminar flow; Mixing; Non Newtonian fluids; Tomography; Transitional flow; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

FLOW FIELDS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; IMPELLERS; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXING; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; RHEOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY; VISCOUS FLOW; XANTHAN GUM; YIELD STRESS;

ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY; MAXBLEND IMPELLERS; NON-INTRUSIVE MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; PSEUDOPLASTIC FLUID; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; STIRRED TANK REACTORS; TRANSITIONAL FLOW;

INLET FLOW;

EID: 84889677733     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.11.007     Document Type: Article

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