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1 MIXING 97 Multiphase Systems Coordonnateurs/ Editors Joel Bertrand Directeur de recherche Laboratoire de Genie Chimique-CNRS ENSIGC- Toulouse et Jacques Villermaux Membre de l'lnstitut Universitaire de France Laboratoire des Sciences du Genie Chimique-CNRS ENSIC- Nancy 1 997

2 BRUCATO A., MICALE G., RIZZUTI L. PANTULA P.R.K., AHMED N. 11 DESMET G., VERELST H., BARON G.V. ' 19 SEICHTER P., PESL L., MAZOCH J. 27 KEMOUN A., LUSSEYRAN E. SKALI-LAMI S., 33 MAHOUAST M., MALLET J., LARTIGES B.S., LEMELLE L., BOTTERO J.Y. HARROP K.L., SPANFELNER W.H., 41 JAHODA M., OTOMO N.. ETCHELLS A.W., BUJALSKI W., NIENOW A.W. KUZMANIC N. 49 KEE K.C.. RIELLY CD. 57 HE Y..TAKAHASHI K., NOMURA T. 65 ARMENANTE P.M., UEHARA-NAGAM1NE E. 73 BUBBICO R.. DI CAVE S.. MAZZAROTTA B. 8 1 MBAMA GAPORAUD B.M.. ANTONINI G.. 89 SAJET Ph. MAK A.. YANG S.. OZCAN-TASKIN N.G. 97

3 Determination of the amount of unsuspended solid particles inside stirred tanks by means of pressure measurements The impeller speed required for complete solids suspension in aerated vessels : a simple correlation? Measurement of solid and fluid phase axial dispersion in two-phase horizontal couette tavior flow and use of return and trajectory length distributions in spatially periodic flows Agitation effects of axial mixers in highly concentrated suspensions of fine particles Hydrodynamic field dependence of colloidal coagulation in agitated reactors Impact of suspended solids on the homogenisation of the liquid phase under turbulent conditions in a stirred vessel Sample withdrawal of the suspension of floating solids from a stirred vessel The impact of particles on flat blades A model for generation rate of secondary nucleation in dilute suspension crystallization Solid suspension and power dissipation in stirred tanks agitated by one or two impellers at low off-bottom impeller clearances Influence of solid concentration and type of impeller on the agitation of large PVC particles in water Incorporation/mixing of solid into aqueous foams The effect of scale on the suspension and distribution of solids in stirred vessels

4 DITL P., RIEGER F., NOVAK V. 131 BOUAIFI M., ROUSTAN M..DJEBBAR R. 137 RUH C. SMITH J.M. 145 ZUN I., BOMB AC A. 153 ANASTASSIADES E., PONCIN S., 161 BELGACEM M.. MIDOUX N. JOHN A.H., BUJALSKI W..NIENOW A.W. 169 BIRCH D., AHMED N. 177 SCHOENMAKERS J.H.A., WIJERS J.G., 185 THOENES D. VLAEV S.D., GYUROV P., VLAEV D., 193 MANN R. JENNE M..REUSS M. 201 MANNA L. 209 PINDUR K.. PAWELCZYK R. 215 MANN R., VLAEV D., LOSSEV V., 223 VLAEV S.D..ZAHRADNIK J.. SEICHTER P. RIGBY G.D., EVANS G.M.. JAMESON G.J. 231 DJEBBAR R., ROUSTAN M.. LINE A BOUAIFI M. BALDYGA J.. PODGORSKA W.. SMIT L. 247 JOHANSSON A.C., GODFREY J.C. 255 PACEK A.W.. MAN C.C.. NIENOW A.W. 263 MUNIER M. 271 Author Index 279

5 Undesirable air entrainment in agitated baffled vessels Hydrodynamics of multi-stage agitated gas-liquid reactors Investigation of gas side mass transfer resistance in a hot stirred tank reactor An application of local void fraction measurements in discharge flow of single and dual rushton turbine impellers Hydrodynamics and volumetric gasliquid mass-transfer coefficient of a gas-liquid reactor provided with a hollow shaft gas inducing turbine A novel reactor with independentlydriven dual impellers for gas-liquid processing Solid suspension in aerated agitation vessels : role of sparger design Determination of feed stream mixing rates in agitated vessels Regime maps and a network-of-zones regime selection algorithm for gasliquid mixing in complex-rheology fluids Fluid dynamic modelling and simulation of gas-liquid flow in baffled stirred tank reactors A method to study gas-liquid mass transfer using a slow chemical reaction Behaviour of the liquid/gas mixture in reactor with the TPJ gas distributor A network-of-zones analysis of the fundamentals of gas-liquid mixing in an industrial stirred bioreactor Cavity formation behind ventilated impeller blades CFD mass transfer predictions in aerated agitated tanks equipped with axial impeller Turbulent dispersion of drops in intermittent turbulence The influence of impeller geometry on liquid-liquid mixing in agitated vessels Coalescence rates in water(aqueous)-inoil and oil-in-water (aqueous) dispersions Performances of some agitators for gasliquid dispersion

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