The Development of Stirring Technology from an Empirical Art to Science

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.