Scalar transport in a milli-scale metal foam reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3169-3178

  Hutter, C ^a   Allemann, C ^a   Kuhn, S ^a   Rudolf von Rohr, Ph ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Convective transport; Foam; LIF; Mass transfer; Mixing; PIV

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DIRECTION; BULK VELOCITY; COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; CONVECTIVE TRANSPORT; DIFFERENT PORE SIZES; ENHANCED MIXING; INNER DIAMETERS; INTERMITTENT FLOWS; LIF; METAL FOAMS; MIXING PROCESS; ORTHOGONAL PLANE; PLUG FLOW REACTOR; RADIAL VELOCITY; SCALAR MIXING; SCALAR TRANSPORT; TUBE DIAMETERS;

FOAMS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; MASS TRANSFER; MIXING; PORE SIZE; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

METALS;

EID: 77950595819     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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