Mixing, fast

The idea behind this model is that in regions with high turbulenee levels the eddy lifetime k/ will be short, the mixing fast, and as a result the reaetion rate is not limited by small-seale mixing. On the other hand, in regions with low turbulenee levels, small-seale mixing may be slow, whieh will limit the reaetion rate. 

Centrifugal Sample mixed Fast, all samples and Loading samples is... 

With fast reactions it is very important to ensure that there is rapid mixing, fast initiation and fast analysis. Special timing devices are needed. Consequently techniques special to fast reactions had to be developed. 

Degassing desired but not essential Low volume for mixing Fast response of solvent change (small system volume)... 

The principles and examples of flash chemistry using microflow systems have been discussed in the previous chapters. Microflow systems serve as an effective method for the control of fast reactions. Extremely fast reactions can be conducted without deceleration in a highly controlled manner by virtue of characteristic features of microsystems, such as fast mixing, fast heat transfer, and short residence time. Synthetic reactions can be much faster when they are released from the restriction of a flask. 

Microreactors have also been used for ionic polymerization or polycondensation processes. Nagaki et al. [136] have synthesized polystyrene-poly(alkyl methacrylate) block copolymers by butyllithium initiated anionic polymerization in an integrated flow microreactor system. A high level of control of molecular weight was achieved at temperatures between -28 and +24 °C due to fast mixing, fast heat transfer, and residence time control. Santos and Metzger... 

You will note that the breeding ratio of the mixed fast-thermal breeder is lower than that of the fast breeder, which may reach the value 2. The purpose... 

Agitation (mixing) Fast Slow No As well Part Other... 

Chella, R. and Ottino, J.M. (1983) Modeling of rapidly-mixed fast-crosslinking exothermic polymerizations. Part 1 adiabatic temperature rise. AIChE J.,... 

Fast mixing Fast obsn Equilm. Small volume Low temp High pressure Very fast reactions ... 

To have an idea of the advantages which may derive from a good converter like CIRENE with respect to a light water reactor, let us compare two mixed fast plus thermal reactor systems, in which the thermal share consists entirely of either CIRENE reactors or light water reactors respectively. 

Cu has been determined in iron and steel using the Cu(n,2n) Cu reaction, and several other metallic elements have been measured in scrap solders.The determination of A1 and Cl in composite propellents was accomplished by a mixed fast/thermal activation using partially moderated 14 MeV neutrons in the Al(n,a) Na and Cl(n,y) Cl reactions. The elements Si, Cl, K, P, Ca, and A1 have all been measured in biological material by 14 MeV n.a.a. using NaI(Tl) spectrometry in conjunction with decay curve analysis. Ge(Li) spectrometry would have been advantageous. 

Other properties of association colloids that have been studied include calorimetric measurements of the heat of micelle formation (about 6 kcal/mol for a nonionic species, see Ref. 188) and the effect of high pressure (which decreases the aggregation number [189], but may raise the CMC [190]). Fast relaxation methods (rapid flow mixing, pressure-jump, temperature-jump) tend to reveal two relaxation times t and f2, the interpretation of which has been subject to much disagreement—see Ref. 191. A fast process of fi - 1 msec may represent the rate of addition to or dissociation from a micelle of individual monomer units, and a slow process of ti < 100 msec may represent the rate of total dissociation of a micelle (192 see also Refs. 193-195). 

During the course of these studies the necessity arose to study ever-faster reactions in order to ascertain their elementary nature. It became clear that the mixing of reactants was a major limitation in the study of fast elementary reactions. Fast mixing had reached its high point with the development of the accelerated and stopped-flow teclmiques [4, 5], reaching effective time resolutions in the millisecond range. Faster reactions were then frequently called inuneasurably fast reactions [ ]. 

The time-to-distance transfonnation requires fast mixing and a known flow profile, ideally a turbulent flow with a well-defined homogeneous composition perpendicular to the direction of flow ( plug-flow ), as indicated by tire shaded area in figure B2.5.1. More complicated profiles may require numerical transfomiations. 

One of the major limiting factors for the time resolution of flow-hibe experiments is the time required for mixing reactants and—to a lesser extent—the resolution of distance. With typical fast flow rates of more than 25 ms [42, 43] the time resolution lies between milliseconds and microseconds. 

Olah and Overchuk also attempted to discover evidence of slow mixing by carrying out reactions in high-speed flow systems. Evidence, including the isolation of dinitro compounds (> i %), was indeed found, but held to show that the effect of imperfect mixing was only minor. The reactions were, unfortunately, too fast to permit determinations of absolute rates (half-lives of about io s). 

This last solution should be prepared slowly as it is quite exothermic. Set all three aside in a freezer. Now prepare the mixing apparatus which will be a stainless steel "mixing bowl" suspended In the ice/salt bath made earlier. We use a stainless steel bowl here so that heat transfer will be maximal, while preventing any corrosive interaction. A glass bowl will not be sufficient for larger scale preparations as it will not conduct heat fast enough to prevent the reactants from going over IOC (at which point the Haloamide will decompose and you ll have to start over). Take the Sodium Hydroxide solution out of the freezer once it is cool, but not cold. 

Every chemical reaction occurs at a finite rate and, therefore, can potentially serve as the basis for a chemical kinetic method of analysis. To be effective, however, the chemical reaction must meet three conditions. First, the rate of the chemical reaction must be fast enough that the analysis can be conducted in a reasonable time, but slow enough that the reaction does not approach its equilibrium position while the reagents are mixing. As a practical limit, reactions reaching equilibrium within 1 s are not easily studied without the aid of specialized equipment allowing for the rapid mixing of reactants. 

A kinetic method of analysis designed to rapidly mix samples and reagents when using reactions with very fast kinetics. 

Addition of Inert Filter Aids. FUtet aids ate rigid, porous, and highly permeable powders added to feed suspensions to extend the appheabUity of surface filtration. Very dilute or very fine and slimy suspensions ate too difficult to filter by cake filtration due to fast pressure build-up and medium blinding addition of filter aids can alleviate such problems. Filter aids can be used in either or both of two modes of operation, ie, to form a precoat which then acts as a filter medium on a coarse support material called a septum, or to be mixed with the feed suspension as body feed to increase the permeabihty of the resulting cake. 

Because of its small size and portabiHty, the hot-wire anemometer is ideally suited to measure gas velocities either continuously or on a troubleshooting basis in systems where excess pressure drop cannot be tolerated. Furnaces, smokestacks, electrostatic precipitators, and air ducts are typical areas of appHcation. Its fast response to velocity or temperature fluctuations in the surrounding gas makes it particularly useful in studying the turbulence characteristics and rapidity of mixing in gas streams. The constant current mode of operation has a wide frequency response and relatively lower noise level, provided a sufficiently small wire can be used. Where a more mgged wire is required, the constant temperature mode is employed because of its insensitivity to sensor heat capacity. In Hquids, hot-film sensors are employed instead of wires. The sensor consists of a thin metallic film mounted on the surface of a thermally and electrically insulated probe. 

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