Mixing with intermittent jets with application in handling radioactive waste sludges

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 85, Issue 5 A, 2007, Pages 691-696

  Meyer, Perry A ^a   Etchells, A W ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Jet mixing; Non Newtonian fluids; Radioactive sludge; Unsteady jets

Indexed keywords

JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SCALING LAWS;

DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; JET MIXING SYSTEMS; REDUCED-SCALE MIXING TESTS;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SCALING LAWS;

EID: 34250826570     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/cherd06182     Document Type: Conference Paper

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