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Mixing and reaction efficiency in closed domains

Chaotic Dynamics 2007-05-23 v1 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We present a numerical study of mixing and reaction efficiency in closed domains. In particular we focus our attention on laminar flows. In the case of inert transport the mixing properties of the flows strongly depend on the details of the Lagrangian transport. We also study the reaction efficiency. Starting with a little spot of product we compute the time needed to complete the reaction in the container. We found that the reaction efficiency is not strictly related to the mixing properties of the flow. In particular, reaction acts as a "dynamical regulator".

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@article{arxiv.nlin/0510050,
  title  = {Mixing and reaction efficiency in closed domains},
  author = {S. Berti and D. Vergni and F. Visconti and A. Vulpiani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0510050},
  year   = {2007}
}

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11 pages, 10 figures