Unsteady-state residence-time distribution in perfectly mixed vessels

AIChE Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 471-484

  Rawatlal, Randhir ^a   Starzak, Maciej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

RESIDENCE-TIME DISTRIBUTION (RTD);

UNSTEADY FLOW;

POLYMER;

MIXING; POLYMER; REACTOR; RESIDENCE TIME;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DENSITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0037323639     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690490217     Document Type: Article

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