Characterization of hydromechanical stress in aerated stirred tanks up to 40 m3 scale by measurement of maximum stable drop size

Table 1 Literature correlations

McManamey [28]	$ϕ = \frac{4}{π} \cdot \frac{V_{L}}{d^{2} \cdot h}$	(3)
Okamoto et al. [33]	$ϕ = 0.85 \cdot {(\frac{h}{D_{R}})}^{- 1.38} \cdot e^{- 2.46 \cdot d / D_{R}}$	(4)
Liepe et al. [26]	$ϕ = \frac{0.1 \cdot π^{3}}{Po} \cdot \frac{V_{L}}{d^{2} \cdot h}$	(5)
Liepe et al. [26]	$ϕ = 0.11 \cdot π^{3} \cdot \frac{V_{L}}{d^{3}}$	(6)

Literature correlations for the estimation of the ratio of maximum to volume-averaged energy dissipation rate ϕ for Rushton impellers for single-phase, unaerated operating conditions.

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