Investigation of the flow field in a three-dimensional Confined Impinging Jets Reactor by means of microPIV and DNS

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 294-305

  Icardi, Matteo ^a   Gavi, Emmanuela ^a,b   Marchisio, Daniele L ^a   Barresi, Antonello A ^a   Olsen, Michael G ^b   Fox, Rodney O ^b   Lakehal, Djamel ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

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

^c ASCOMP GMBH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Confined Impinging Jets Reactor; Direct Numerical Simulation; Micro mixer; Micro Particle Image Velocimetry; Oscillating inflows

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; CONFINED IMPINGING JETS; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FLOW BEHAVIOURS; MICRO MIXERS; MICRO PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; MICRO PIV; MICRO- AND NANO-PARTICLES; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICRO-REACTOR; MIXING MECHANISMS; OSCILLATING INFLOWS; PRECIPITATION PROCESS; TURBULENT EFFECTS; VELOCITY FIELD;

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; INLET FLOW; INTAKE SYSTEMS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 78650309495     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.09.046     Document Type: Article

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