Performance enhancement of a chemical reactor utilizing flow instability

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 78, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 314-320

  Kabir, Mohammad F ^a   Ray, Ajay K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Multiphase reactions; Multiphase reactors; Photocatalytic reactor; Simulation; Taylor Couette flow

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGES; FLUIDS; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

TAYLOR VORTEX REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTION; COUETTE FLOW; INSTABILITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REACTOR; TAYLOR-COUETTE FLOW;

ACCURACY; CATALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEGRADATION; FLUID FLOW; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTOR; SIMULATION;

EID: 0037291905     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.778     Document Type: Conference Paper

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