Mixing is a unit operation in chemical process technology, but not every mixing device is suitable for each purpose. Sensitive products need to be mixed by other devices that are less sensitive. This book provides information about mixing and mixers such as performance, and shear stress.

This volume is a selection of the material presented at the 7th European Mixing Congress. It is concerned exclusively with mixing in circular section vessels, using centrally mounted paddles or similar impellers. The contents are arranged under three classifications: Modelling of Mixing Processes, Mixing Operations and Experimental Techniques. The classifications result in the original material appearing in a different order to that of the Congress. This arrangement is intended to assist the reader in identifying the topic area by function or application, rather than by technology. In this book the section on Modelling contains papers which focus on the representation of the mixing process, whether by equation, scale-up criteria, or fluid dynamic simulation. Similarly, Mixing Operations are concerned with the application or function of the mixing process, such as mass transfer, heat transfer or mixing time. Experimental Techniques addresses the tools the researcher needs to use at the data gathering experimental stage. It collects together advances made in the various methods used by some of the foremost researchers, and indicates those areas still in need of additional instrumentation or methods of data reduction. The book is intended for researchers, designers and users of mixing equipment, and for those planning research and development programmes and who wish to keep up to date with advances in the basic technology and its applications.

Theses on any subject submitted by the academic libraries in the UK and Ireland.

The emergence and refinement of techniques in molecular biology has changed our perceptions of medicine, agriculture, and environmental management. This textbook presents the principles of bioprocess engineering in a way that is accessible to biological scientists.

Presents the proceedings of a conference held in Cambridge, UK, in September 1994. The proceedings cover advances in world developments in the field of mixing. The work is intended for use in the process industries, to whom the academic solutions to mixing problems relate directly.