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Title
Numerical study of fluid flow and power consumption in a stirred vessel with a Scaba 6SRGT impellerJournal title
Chemical and Process EngineeringYearbook
2011Issue
No 4 DecemberAuthors
Keywords
3D numerical study ; non-Newtonian fluid ; stirred vessel ; Scaba impeller ; impeller eccentricityDivisions of PAS
Nauki TechniczneCoverage
351-366Publisher
Polish Academy of Sciences Committee of Chemical and Process EngineeringDate
2011Type
Artykuły / ArticlesIdentifier
DOI: 10.2478/v10176-011-0028-0 ; ISSN 2300-1925 (Chemical and Process Engineering)Source
Chemical and Process Engineering; 2011; No 4 December; 351-366References
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Anna Gancarczyk, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland 0000-0002-2847-8992
Anna Trusek, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland 0000-0002-3886-7166
Bettina Muster-Slawitsch, AAE Intec, Austria 0000-0002-5944-0831
Daria Camilla Boffito, Polytechnique Montreal, Canada 0000-0002-5252-5752
Donata Konopacka-Łyskawa, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland 0000-0002-2924-7360
Dorota Antos, Rzeszów University of Technology, Poland 0000-0001-8246-5052
Evgeny Rebrov, University of Warwick, UK 0000-0001-6056-9520
Georgios Stefanidis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece 0000-0002-4347-1350
Ireneusz Grubecki, Bydgoszcz Univeristy of Science and Technology, Poland 0000-0001-5378-3115
Johan Tinge, Fibrant B.V., The Netherlands 0000-0003-1776-9580
Katarzyna Bizon, Cracow University of Technology, Poland 0000-0001-7600-4452
Katarzyna Szymańska, Silesian University of Technology, Poland 0000-0002-1653-9540
Marcin Bizukojć, Łódź University of Technology, Poland 0000-0003-1641-9917
Marek Ochowiak, Poznań University of Technology, Poland 0000-0003-1543-9967
Mirko Skiborowski, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany 0000-0001-9694-963X
Nikola Nikacevic, University of Belgrade, Serbia 0000-0003-1135-5336
Rafał Rakoczy, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Poland 0000-0002-5770-926X
Richard Lakerveld, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong 0000-0001-7444-2678
Tom van Gerven, KU Leuven, Belgium 0000-0003-2051-5696
Tomasz Sosnowski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland 0000-0002-6775-3766