Instability due to viscosity stratification downstream of a centerline injector

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 913-922

  Cao, Qing ^a   Ventresca, Amy L ^a   Sreenivas, K R ^a   Prasad, Ajay K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Instability; LIF; PIV; Static mixer; Viscosity stratified flow

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CENTERLINE INJECTORS; INJECTED CORE-FLOW; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV); VISCOSITY STRATIFICATION;

VISCOSITY;

MIXER; MIXING; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; STRATIFIED FLOW; VELOCITY PROFILE; VISCOSITY;

ARTICLE; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; FLOW KINETICS; FLUORESCENCE; GEOMETRY; INJECTION; LASER FLOWMETER; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; MISCIBILITY; MIXER; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 2942595909     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450810501     Document Type: Article

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