Approximate residence time distribution of fully develop laminar flow in a straight rectangular channel

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3499-3507

  Wörner, Martin ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convective transport; Dispersion; Laminar flow; Mixing; Rectangular channel; Residence time distribution

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EVALUATION; APPROXIMATE EXPRESSIONS; ARBITRARY ASPECT RATIO; CONVECTIVE TRANSPORT; DIAMETER RATIO; EMPIRICAL MODEL; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; GAUSS HYPERGEOMETRIC FUNCTION; INFINITE SERIES; MICRO FLUIDIC APPLICATIONS; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; PARALLEL PLATES; RECTANGULAR CHANNEL; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; RTD CURVES; SCHMIDT NUMBERS; SQUARE CHANNEL; VELOCITY PROFILES;

DISPERSIONS; LAMINAR FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; RESONANT TUNNELING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; TEMPERATURE MEASURING INSTRUMENTS;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 77951129716     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.02.047     Document Type: Article

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