NETmix®, a new type of static mixer: Experimental characterization and model validation

AIChE Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1020-1032

  Laranjeira, Paulo E ^a   Martins, António A ^a   Nunes, Maria Isabel ^b   Lopes, José Carlos B ^a   Dias, Madalena M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Mixing; Network model; Novel reactor; Static mixing

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL REYNOLDS NUMBER; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER; INJECTION SCHEMES; LOCAL SCALE; MACROMIXING; MICRO-MIXING; MIXING CHARACTERISTICS; MIXING EFFECTS; MIXING MECHANISMS; MODEL VALIDATION; NETWORK MODEL; NETWORK MODELS; NOVEL REACTOR; PRODUCT DISTRIBUTIONS; REACTION SELECTIVITY; STATIC MIXERS; STATIC MIXING; TEST REACTIONS; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; VISUALIZATION EXPERIMENT;

FLOW VISUALIZATION; MIXERS (MACHINERY); OSCILLATING FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

MIXING;

EID: 79952590869     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12316     Document Type: Article

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