Computation of scales and quality of mixing in a T-shaped microreactor

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 108-114

  Bothe, Dieter ^a   Stemich, Carsten ^b   Warnecke, Hans Joachim ^c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Sulzer Innotec   (Switzerland)

^c Faculty of Sciences   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact area; Integral scale of segregation; Intensity of mixing; Schmidt number dependence

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; MIXING; NUMERICAL METHODS;

CONTACT AREA; SCHMIDT NUMBER DEPENDENCE;

COMPUTATION THEORY;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; MIXING; NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 35548952770     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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