Investigation of passive scalar mixing in a confined rectangular wake using simultaneous PIV and PLIF

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3372-3383

  Feng, Hua ^a   Olsen, Michael G ^a   Hill, James C ^a   Fox, Rodney O ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical reactors; Fluid mechanics; Mixing; Particle image velocimetry; Planar laser induced fluorescence; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION FIELDS; CONCENTRATION FLUCTUATION; CONFINED LIQUIDS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSIVITIES; FLOW STATISTICS; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE; LINEAR STOCHASTIC ESTIMATION; MAJOR AXIS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; NEGATIVE VALUES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PASSIVE SCALARS; PLANAR LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; SCHMIDT NUMBERS; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; STRUCTURE SIZES; TURBULENT FLUX; TURBULENT MIXING; TURBULENT SCHIMDT NUMBER; TURBULENT VISCOSITY; VELOCITY FIELD; VORTEX STREET; WAKE FLOWS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHEMICALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUORESCENCE; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77951126251     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.02.038     Document Type: Article

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