A numerical investigation of some approaches to improve mixing in laminar confined impinging streams

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 253-269

  Wang, S J ^a   Devahastin, S ^b   Mujumdar, A S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Baffles; In line mixer; Mixing characteristics; Opposing jets

Indexed keywords

DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY; ELASTIC MODULI; HYDRODYNAMICS; JETS; MIXTURES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PYROLYSIS; STREAM FLOW;

BAFFLES; IMPINING STREAMS; IN-LINE MIXER; MIXING CHARACTERISTICS; OPPOSING JETS;

LAMINAR FLOW;

EID: 5744226440     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2004.06.015     Document Type: Article

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