3 papers
physics.flu-dyn2026
Can we live Danckwerts' dream? Mixing Analysis in a Baffled Stirred Tank Reactor Based on 4D-Particle Tracking Experiments
Eike Steuwe, Thanh Tung Thai, Christian Weiland +5
We present an experimental investigation of mixing dynamics within a laboratory-scale 3-liter stirred tank reactor (STR) equipped with two Rushton turbines and three baffles. Using…
math.NA2026
Tracking in-silico Lagrangian sensors in a lab-scale stirred tank reactor
Vamika Rathi, Fatima Sehar, Finn Sommer +4
Lagrangian sensors have shown promise to improve operator awareness of conditions inside a chemical reactor but three-dimensional tracking remains a mostly unsolved challenge. We e…
physics.flu-dyn2026
Dynamical compartments in stirred tank reactors and Markov state modeling for mixing quantification: a transfer operator approach
Anna Klünker, Thanh Tung Thai, Eike Steuwe +4
Identifying coherent flow structures in chemical reactors is crucial for understanding the mixing dynamics, which is essential for optimizing reactor performance. We demonstrate th…