Batch stirred vessel mixing evaluated by visualized reactive tracers and electrical tomography

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 82, Issue 9 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 1229-1236

  Wabo, E ^a   Kagoshima, M ^a   Mann, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrical tomography; Fluid mixing; Macromixing; Micromixing; Networks of zones; Reactive tracers; Stirred vessel

Indexed keywords

CAUSTIC SODA; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MIXING; SOLUTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ACID-ALKALI REACTIONS; MACRO-SEGREGATION EFFECTS; MACROMIXING;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

BATCH PROCESS; LIQUID-LIQUID MIXING; STIRRED TANK; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 4644359446     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/cerd.82.9.1229.44159     Document Type: Article

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