Mixing and reaction in a tubular jet reactor: A comparison of experiments with a model based on a prescribed PDF

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2439-2448

  Kruis, F E ^a,b   Falk, L ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TURBULENT FLOW;

BALDYGA CLOSURE APPROXIMATION; INHOMOGENEITY; TUBULAR JET REACTOR; TURBULENT FLOW FIELD; TURBULENT FLUID;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

MIXING; REACTORS; TUBULAR JET;

EID: 0030131405     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(96)00100-5     Document Type: Article

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