Parameters affecting fluid dispersion in a continuous oscillatory baffled tube

AIChE Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-45

  Ni, Xiongwei ^a   Pereira, Nitin E ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT LOSSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

AXIAL DISPERSION; FLUID DISPERSION; ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE THEORY; OSCILLATORY BAFFLED TUBE; PLUG FLOW; TRACER SOLUTION;

FLUID MECHANICS;

DISPERSION MODELING; MIXING LENGTH; PLUG FLOW; STIRRED TANK; TRACER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DENSITY; DISPERSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HYPOTHESIS; OSCILLATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0033627190     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690460106     Document Type: Article

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