Rotor-stator mixers: From batch to continuous mode of operation-A review

Processes

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Håkansson, Andreas ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Batch; Continuous; Emulsification; High shear mixer; Inline; Mixing; Rotor stator mixer

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045102332     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22279717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/pr6040032     Document Type: Review

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