The Importance of Mixing

Mixing is a rate-related parameter, in that most rates of reaction or transport are dependent on mixing in environmental systems. When mixing is dominant (the slowest process), the first-order rate equation can be described as 

Rate of process = Mixing parameter x Difference from equilibrium (1.2) 

we need two items to compute the rate of the process the equilibrium concentrations for all species involved and the mixing rate parameter. A common example would be dissolved oxygen concentration in aquatic ecosystems. 

One of the most common chemicals of concern in water bodies is oxygen. Without sufficient oxygen, the biota would be changed because many of the desirable organisms in the water body require oxygen to live. The rate of oxygen transfer between the atmosphere and a water body is therefore important to the health of the aquatic biota. For air-water oxygen transfer, equation (1.2) can be formulated as 

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An estimation of the importance of mixing on reaction rate can be done by calculating the Dahmkohler number Time for mixing... 

Figure 7. Excess activity versus depth (left) and X-radiograph (right) in a sediment core collected from the New York Bight, showing the importance of mixing by benthic fauna in the upper part of the seabed. Abundant individnals of the small bivalve Nucula proximo may be seen in the X-radiograph near the sediment-water interface, and the light-colored areas represent bnrrows of Nephtys sp. and Ceriantheopsis sp. Reprinted from Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science (formerly Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science) Vol. 9, Cochran and Aller, pp. 739-747, 1979, with permission from Elsevier Science.

The importance of mix design has been recognized for some time. The strength of sulphur concretes seems to be sensitive to the gradation of the aggregate used and to the quantity of sulphur in the mix. Since the sulphur matrix is the most expensive component, it is logical to reduce this to an appropriate practical minimum to provide more economical products. 

An example of the importance of mixing effects in chemical reactors continuous free radical polymerization. One might now ask the question are segregation effects really important in practice or is micromixing "a solution in search of a problem"... 

The importance of mixing and molecular diffusion for extremely fast chemical reactions can be stated in a different way from a molecular-level viewpoint (Figure 6.4). As Levine wrote in his textbook of reaction dynamics ... 

Phytoplankton can be exposed to an in situ field of radiation by using UV-transparent (see section 11.2.3) bottles hanging from a line or tubes placed in trays (Figure 1) which are incubated at different depths in the water column [18,20]. One disadvantage with this approach is that phytoplankton cells are kept at a fixed depth for the entire incubation period (e.g., few hours), thus receiving a constant proportion of the surface incident radiation. In the water column, however, cells are moving within the upper mixed layer (UML) and thus exposed to a variable field of irradiance [21] (see Chapter 4). So far, few studies have addressed the importance of mixing rates on the phytoplankton photosynthesis [21-23], and with the exception of the experiments performed by Marra [24] on the effects of PAR, we are not aware of such studies done under in situ conditions. 

Gavi, E., Marchisio, D. L. Barresi, A. A. 2008 On the importance of mixing for the production of nanoparticles. Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology 29, 548-554. 

The reaction involves several intermediate, side and end products. For all these species, the concentration profiles in a pipeline reactor are obtained. The ozonation of NO is shown to be very fast and the importance of mixing of ozone is brought out. 

The importance of mixed dimerization is shown by the results of copolymerization of styrene and p-methyl styrene initiated by lithium alkyls in benzene. O Driscoll and Patsiga4085, who studied this reaction, reported a linear decrease of logarithms of the concentration of each monomer with time, a relation depicted by Fig. 62 a. The previously discussed scheme accounts for these results409, namely... 

The importance of mixing in precipitation is generally appreciated but not well understood due to its complexity. The concepts of macro-, meso-, and micromixing are presented, with a particular attention devoted to micromixing. 

The importance of mixing at higher temperatures ( > 100 °C) was demonstrated by Priddy et al. [77] using a CSTR polymeri r set up in a recirculated coil configuration (Fig. 1). The coil reactor was operated at a fast recirculation rate of 100 times/h to achieve at 1 °C temperature spread between three... 

The aim of a turbulent mixing model Is to assess the Importance of mixing within the photic zone, and the way In which turbulence can mix water containing species that have either been photochemlcally produced or depleted, from the photic zone down to depths below the mixed layer. As Indicated In the Introduction, the aim of this Chapter Is not to discuss the consequences of horizontal transport. For the oceans, such considerations are usually not necessary bearing In mind the homogeneity that Is typically at a scale of several hundred kilometers, the velocity of horizontal transport, and the lifetimes of many photochemical species of a few hours to a few days (1 ). 

To improve product purity, to increase crystal size and to avoid agglomeration the bulk supersaturations during crystallization should be lower and primary nucleation should be suppressed. Therefore future work will focus on crystallization experiments at higher magma densities and larger residence times. Also the importance of mixing on the antisolvent crystallization of sodium chloride will be investigated. 

The effect of the flow rate on molecular weight distribution (Table 1, runs 4-6) indicates the importance of mixing, because it is known that mixing efficiency decreases with a decrease in the flow rate in the micromixer [65]. Reaction temperature is also important for controlling molecular weight distribution, as demonstrated by an increase in with an increase in temperature (runs 4... 

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