Determinmg Torque Split for Multiple Impellers in Slurry Mixing

摘要

When mixing slurries, such as lignocellulosic slurries used in the manufacturing of paper, polymers, and biofuels, it is more difficult to agitate the material at the bottom of the tank than in its upper regions. These slurries usually behave as Herschel-Bulkley fluids, with pseudoplastic behavior above the fluid yield stress (1, 2), and are referred to as yield-stress slurries.