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The Characterization of the Residence Time Distribution in a Fluid Mixer by Means of the Information Entropy

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Practical Aspects of Chemical Engineering

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Abstract

The concept of residence time distribution (RTD) is applied to describe a mixing process. The main idea of the proposed approach is the utilization of experimental RTD measurements to determine the information entropy. This paper discusses a method to compute information mixing capacity as a measure of mixing performance for a continuous flow system. The proposed criterion is applied to evaluate a mixing system with motionless inserts.

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  1. Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland

    Marian Kordas, Daniel Pluskota & Rafał Rakoczy

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  1. Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Poznań, Poland

    Marek Ochowiak

  2. Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Poznań, Poland

    Szymon Woziwodzki

  3. Institute of Metrology, Electronics and Computer Science, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland

    Michał Doligalski

  4. Poznan University of Technology , Poznan, Poland

    Piotr Tomasz Mitkowski

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Kordas, M., Pluskota, D., Rakoczy, R. (2018). The Characterization of the Residence Time Distribution in a Fluid Mixer by Means of the Information Entropy. In: Ochowiak, M., Woziwodzki, S., Doligalski, M., Mitkowski, P. (eds) Practical Aspects of Chemical Engineering. Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73978-6_14

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