Hydrodynamics of the mixing chamber in RIM: PIV flow-field characterization

AIChE Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1153-1163

  Santos, Ricardo J ^a   Erkoç, Ertugrul ^a   Dias, Madalena M ^a   Teixeira, André M ^b   Lopes, José Carlos B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Fluidinova   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Mixing; Opposing jets; T jets; T mixer

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FLOW FIELDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

OPPOSING JETS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV); T-MIXER;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

DATA REDUCTION; FLOW FIELDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 43749088449     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11472     Document Type: Article

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