Visualization of reactive and non-reactive mixing processes in a stirred tank using planar laser induced fluorescence (PLIF) technique

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 524-533

  Hu, Yinyu ^a   Wang, Wentan ^a   Shao, Ting ^a   Yang, Jichu ^a   Cheng, Yi ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Non reactive mixing; Planar laser induced fluorescence (PLIF); Reactive mixing; Stirred tank; Visualization

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; DYNAMIC VARIATIONS; FAST REACTION; FENTON REACTIONS; IMPELLER SPEED; INSTANTANEOUS REACTION; LIQUID MIXING; MIXING PERFORMANCE; NON-REACTIVE MIXING; PLANAR LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; PLANAR LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE TECHNIQUES; REACTIVE MIXING; SAMPLING POSITIONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; STIRRED TANK; TRACER INJECTIONS;

FLOW VISUALIZATION; LASER OPTICS; LIQUIDS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); VISUALIZATION;

MIXING;

EID: 84857998340     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2011.08.021     Document Type: Article

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