Mixing and Mass Transfer in Various Chemical Reactors
A special issue of Fluids (ISSN 2311-5521). This special issue belongs to the section "Heat and Mass Transfer".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 19
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Interests: mass transfer; hydrodynamics; mixing; turbulence; nonlinear chaos theory; information entropy theory
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Dear Colleagues,
Mixing and mass transfer are the most important phenomena in the field of chemical reactor engineering. In many chemical reactors (for instance, bubble column rectors), both phenomena are interrelated. Advanced research in the field of gas and liquid mixing is needed. In the case of three-phase reactors, elaborate investigation on mixing solids is required. New mass transfer correlations in gas–liquid contactors operated with aqueous solutions of alcohols and glucose as well as in ionic liquids should be developed. The existing mass transfer theories should be tested under these conditions.
Special attention will be placed on the enhancement of the mass transfer due to the complicated bubble wake effects. In some cases correction factors in the existing mass transfer theories should be introduced. The presence of solid particles as catalysts in the chemical reactors and their effect on both mixing and mass transfer as well as bubble wake dynamics should be systematically studied.
This Special Issue will particularly focus on the development of new measurement techniques, which are applicable to industrial conditions. Modified two-phase and three-phase reactors and any other innovative reactor designs will also be considered. Last but not least, studies based on numerical simulations are also welcome.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Stoyan Nedeltchev
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- liquid mixing
- solids mixing
- gas–liquid mass transfer
- liquid–solid mass transfer
- new measurement techniques
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