Optimal product distribution from laminar flow reactors: Newtonian and other power-law fluids

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 13-14, 1999, Pages 2453-2458

  Levien, Keith L ^a   Levenspiel, Octave ^a  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Laminar flow reactor; Optimal product distribution; Power law fluids; Residence time distribution; Segregated flow; Sequential reactions

Indexed keywords

LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; VELOCITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

LAMINAR FLOW REACTOR; OPTIMAL PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION; POWER LAW FLUID; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; SEGREGATED FLOW; SEQUENTIAL REACTION;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

DISTRIBUTION; LAMINAR FLOW; NEWTONIAN FLUID; POWER LAW FLUID; REACTOR;

EID: 0033166132     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00484-9     Document Type: Article

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