Experimental investigation of flow field in annular ultraviolet reactors using particle image velocimetry (PIV)

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 26, 2005, Pages 9979-9988

  Sozzi, D Angelo ^a   Taghipour, Fariborz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; SEPARATION; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; REACTOR STRUCTURE;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FLOW FIELD; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 30344432394     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie050624j     Document Type: Article

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