The effect of stator design on flowrate and velocity fields in a rotor-stator mixer—An experimental investigation

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 121, Issue , 2017, Pages 245-254

  Mortensen, Hans Henrik ^a   Innings, Fredrik ^a,b   Håkansson, Andreas ^c  

^a Tetra Pak AB   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emulsification; Flow number; Fluid mixing technology; Mixing; PIV; Rotor stator mixer

Indexed keywords

EMULSIFICATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLOW NUMBER; FLUID MIXING; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; ROTOR-STATOR MIXER; SLOT DIMENSIONS; TRIAL AND ERROR; VELOCITY PROFILES;

STATORS;

EID: 85016614135     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2017.03.016     Document Type: Article

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