Chemical probe systems for assessing liquid–liquid mixing efficiencies of reactors

Abstract

Liquid–liquid mixing, including homogeneous and heterogeneous mixing, widely exists in the chemical industry. How to quantitatively characterize the mixing performance is important for reactor assessment and development. As a convenient and direct method for mixing characterization, the chemical probe method uses some special test reactions to characterize the mixing results. Here, the working principle and selection requirements of this method are introduced, and some common chemical probe systems for homogeneous and heterogeneous mixing processes are reviewed. The characteristics and applications of these systems are illustrated. Finally, the development of the new system is proposed.

Key words： mixing; chemical probe; liquid–liquid; heterogeneous

Acknowledgements

This work was financially supported by the National Key R & D Program of China (Grant No. 2021YFC3001100).

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