Volume 2, Issue 4 pp. 279-289
Review

The Development of Stirring Technology from an Empirical Art to Science

Matthias Kraume

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Matthias Kraume

Technische Universität Berlin, Fachgebiet Verfahrenstechnik, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany.

Technische Universität Berlin, Fachgebiet Verfahrenstechnik, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany.Search for more papers by this author
First published: 23 June 2015
Citations: 3

English version of DOI: 10.1002/cite.201400124

Abstract

Until the beginning of the 20th century, stirring was mostly regarded only marginally in most production processes. A century later, many aspects of stirring technology have been largely understood scientifically. This paper presents ground-breaking publications which have contributed significantly to the impressive gains in scientific knowledge. Here, the focus is on work to determine the power consumption as well as to characterize liquid mixing, suspension of solids and dispersion of liquids and gases.

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