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Internal age and residence time distributions of a fluid in non‐ideal stirred tanks in series
Author(s) -
Chiang David,
Cholette A.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450490409
Subject(s) - residence time distribution , residence time (fluid dynamics) , mixing (physics) , series (stratigraphy) , mathematics , expression (computer science) , dispersion (optics) , flow (mathematics) , function (biology) , graph , mechanics , statistical physics , physics , geometry , combinatorics , geology , computer science , geotechnical engineering , optics , paleontology , quantum mechanics , evolutionary biology , biology , programming language
The internal age distribution of a fluid, for p imperfectly mixed vessels in series, is presented and interpreted in the light of the laws of probabilities. An expression is presented for the residence time distribution. Five graphs show the variation of this expression as a function of the reduced effective time, each graph being characterized by a given degree of channeling. The curves, similar to those for the dispersion model, indicate that the model can represent mixing conditions extending all the way from an imperfectly mixed reservoir to plug flow. An expression is also presented for the mean residence time.