Foreword

This is the scanned version of my 1992 Ph.D. dissertation. The scan resolution has beenkept relatively low to keep file size small. However, it should be possible to make easilyreadable prints.

This PDF file is available for download at my website titled “the Colorful Fluid MixingGallery” at http://www.bakker.org/cfm.

Compared to the original printed version, two typographical errors were corrected: one infigure 33 on page 42 and one in equation 17 on page 55.

Most of the material in this dissertation has also been published in the following threearticles:

• Bakker A., Van den Akker H.E.A. (1994) Gas-Liquid Contacting with Axial FlowImpellers. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, TransIChemE Vol. 72,Number A4, July 1994, page 573-582.

• Bakker A., Van den Akker H.E.A. (1994) Single-Phase Flow in Stirred Reactors.Chemical Engineering Research and Design, TransIChemE Vol. 72, Number A4, July1994, page 583-593.

• Bakker A., Van den Akker H.E.A. (1994) A Computational Model for the Gas-LiquidFlow in Stirred Reactors. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, TransIChemEVol. 72, Number A4, July 1994, page 573-582.

For questions, I can be reached at the following e-mail address: ab@fluent.com.

Met vriendelijke groeten,

André BakkerFebruary 17, 2002

Hydrodynamics of Stirred

Gas-Liquid Dispersions