Flow imbalance and Reynolds number impact on mixing in Confined Impinging Jets

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 260, Issue , 2015, Pages 316-330

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Confined impinging jets mixer; Intensity of segregation; Mixing; Opposed impinging jets; Planar laser induced fluorescence; Striation thickness

Indexed keywords

CONFINED IMPINGING JETS; IMPINGING JET; INTENSITY OF SEGREGATION; PLANAR LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; STRIATION THICKNESS;

MIXING;

EID: 84907546232     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.08.090     Document Type: Article

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