The micromixing characteristics of a tubular reactor packed with different packings were investigated by adopting the competitive parallel reaction
namely
the Villermaux-Dushman reaction. Experimental results showed that the tube packed with rhombus mesh frame packing (RMFP) presented better micromixing efficiency
compared to the tube with mini ring or empty tube. It could be found that the segregation index (XS) decreased as Reynolds number increased while it increased with increasing volumetric flow ratio. Moreover
the micromixing time (tm) was calculated using an incorporation model based on the experimental data. The minimum tm value of the tube packed with RMFP (tm=2.27 ms) was less than that of the tube with mini ring (tm=2.73 ms) or empty tube (tm=3.79 ms).