Villermaux-Dushman protocol for experimental characterization of micromixers

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 979-990

  Commenge, Jean Marc ^a   Falk, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Iodide iodate method; Micromixer; Mixing times; Villermaux Dushman

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL TESTS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; IODIDE/IODATE METHOD; MICRO MIXERS; MICRO-MIXING; MIXING TIME; MIXING TIMES; SEGREGATION INDEX; SEVERAL PROTOCOLS; STIRRED TANK REACTORS; TEST METHOD; VILLERMAUX-DUSHMAN;

HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

EID: 82855161413     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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