Scale-up of the power draw of inline-rotor-stator mixers with high throughput

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 93, Issue , 2015, Pages 12-20

  Schönstedt, Björn ^a   Jacob, Hans Joachim ^b   Schilde, Carsten ^c   Kwade, Arno ^c  

^a Siegwerk Druckfarben AG   (Germany)

^b Anwendungstechnik u technischen   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dispersing; Power draw; Process engineering; Rotor stator mixer; Scale up

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; FORECASTING; MIXERS (MACHINERY); NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SHEAR THINNING; STATORS;

CONSTRUCTION DESIGN; DISPERSING; IN-LINE ROTOR-STATOR MIXERS; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; POWER DRAW; ROTOR-STATOR MIXER; SCALE-UP;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

EID: 84920814597     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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