Effect of inlet conditions on the engulfment pattern in a T-shaped micro-mixer

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 185-186, Issue , 2012, Pages 300-313

  Galletti, Chiara ^a   Roudgar, Mina ^a   Brunazzi, Elisabetta ^a   Mauri, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Laminar mixing; Microreactors; Symmetry breaking

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE CRITERION; DEGREE OF MIXING; DISCRETIZATIONS; ENGULFMENT; FLOW CONDITION; INLET CONDITIONS; LAMINAR MIXING; MICRO MIXERS; MICRO REACTOR; MIXING EFFICIENCY; SYMMETRY BREAKING;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INLET FLOW; MIXERS (MACHINERY); REYNOLDS NUMBER;

MIXING;

EID: 84857364386     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.01.046     Document Type: Article

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