Residence time distributions in a cold, confined swirl flow. Implications for chemical engineering combustion modelling

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 2743-2756

  Van Der Lans, R P ^a   Glarborg, P ^a   Dam Johansen, K ^a   Larsen, P S ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Burner; Mixing; Modelling; Residence time distributions; Swirl flow

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMBUSTION; CONFINED FLOW; FLOW PATTERNS; LABORATORY FURNACES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; ROTATIONAL FLOW;

CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTORS (CSTR); PLUG FLOW REACTORS; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; SWIRL FLOW;

FUEL BURNERS;

HELIUM; SWIRLING FLOW; TRACERS;

EID: 0031214584     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)00086-9     Document Type: Article

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