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Studying the Quality of Micromixing in a Single-Stage Microreactor with Intensively Swirled Flows

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The work considers the results of experimental and numerical study on the hydrodynamic characteristics of a jet vortex reactor, MicroReactor with Intensively Swirled Flows MRISF-1, for which one of the application fields is the synthesis of oxide materials (e.g., perovskite-like material for solar panels). The energy-dissipation rate and micromixing quality are studied (by the iodide–iodate method) for various methods of supplying MRISF-1 and T-shaped millireactors with solutions. Numerical modeling reveals the volumes with the highest energy-dissipation rate. The quality of micromixing in the MRISF-1 is shown to be much higher than in the T-shaped millireactor, due to, among other things, the fact that the zone with the highest energy-dissipation rate is localized near the neck of the MRISF-1.

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Abiev, R.S., Potekhin, D.A. Studying the Quality of Micromixing in a Single-Stage Microreactor with Intensively Swirled Flows. Theor Found Chem Eng 57, 1313–1327 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040579523060015

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