Local and global dispersion effects in Couette-Taylor flow-I. Description and modeling of the dispersion effects

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1287-1298

  Desmet, G ^a   Verelst, H ^a   Baron, G V ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION MODELLING; TAYLOR-COUETTE FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

AXIAL FLOW; DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; VORTEX FLOW;

COUETTE-TAYLOR FLOW; LOCAL AND GLOBAL DISPERSION; NON INTERMIXING VORTEX UNITS; STRONG INTER VORTEX FLUX; TRACERS;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 0030111504     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(95)00381-9     Document Type: Article

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