How to Scale-Up Mixing Processes in Non-Newtonian Fluids

摘要

LIQUID AGITATION IS A COMMON UNIT operation in the chemical engineering and biological process industries,and its practical use is widely published(1,2).However,most of the literature on liquid agitation addresses Newtonian fluids,while only limited design information is available on the agitation of non-Newtonian power-law fluids.These fluids are either shear-thinning or shear-thickening - i.e.,their apparent viscosity,mua,decreases(shear-thinning)or increases(shear-thickening)with the shear rate,7.