The low Reynolds number turbulent flow and mixing in a confined impinging jet reactor

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1429-1442

  Schwertfirm, Florian ^a   Gradl, Johannes ^b   Schwarzer, Hans C ^c   Peukert, Wolfgang ^b   Manhart, Michael ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c SÜD CHEMIE AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Confined impinging jet reactor; Direct numerical simulation; Opposing jets; Particle image velocimetry; Turbulent mixing

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; FLOW FIELDS; KINETIC ENERGY; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

CONFINED IMPINGING JET REACTOR; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENT MIXING;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; FLOW FIELDS; KINETIC ENERGY; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 36248932233     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2007.04.019     Document Type: Article

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