Kinetics and Reactive Mixing: Fragmentation and Coalescence in Turbulent Fluids

AIChE Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 835-847

  Madras, Giridhar ^a   McCoy, Benjamin J ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Batch reactor; Coalescence; Damkohler number; Fragmentation; Reactive mixing

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DISPERSIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION KINETICS; TURBULENT FLOW;

DAMKOHLER NUMBER; FAST REACTIONS; FLUID-ELEMENT INTERFACES; RATE PARAMETERS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

COALESCENCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETICS; LIQUID-LIQUID MIXING; MIXING; TURBULENCE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR SIZE; REACTOR CASCADE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 1942533413     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10098     Document Type: Article

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