NETmix®, A new type of static mixer: Modeling, simulation, macromixing, and micromixing characterization

AIChE Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2226-2243

  Laranjeira, Paulo E ^a   Martins, Antonio ^a   Lopes, José Carlos B ^a   Dias, Madalena M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Mixing; Network models; Porous media; Static mixers

Indexed keywords

MACROMIXING; MICRO-MIXING; NETWORK MODELS; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; POROUS MEDIA; STATIC MIXERS; STATIC MIXING;

MIXERS (MACHINERY); POROUS MATERIALS;

MIXING;

EID: 69049091296     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11815     Document Type: Article

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