The axial dispersion performance of an oscillatory flow meso-reactor with relevance to continuous flow operation

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1788-1799

  Zheng, Mingzhi ^a   Mackley, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical reactors; Dispersion; Imperfect method; Mixing; Oscillatory flow; Reaction engineering

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DISPERSIONS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MIXING;

OSCILLATORY FLOW; REACTION ENGINEERING;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; CORRELATION METHODS; DISPERSIONS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MIXING;

EID: 40849106322     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.12.020     Document Type: Article

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