Experimental study of flow regime and mixing in T-jets mixers

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 73, Issue , 2012, Pages 388-399

  Ashar Sultan, M ^a   Fonte, Cláudio P ^a   Dias, Madalena M ^a   Lopes, José Carlos B ^a   Santos, Ricardo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chemical reactors; Fluid mechanics; Laminar flow; Mixing; PLIF; T jets mixer

Indexed keywords

CHAOTIC-FLOW REGIMES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW DYNAMICS; FLOW REGIMES; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; MIXING CHAMBER; MIXING EFFICIENCY; PLANAR LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; PLIF;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; GEOMETRY; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

EID: 84857410812     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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