Liquid mixing process in a multi-orifice-impinging transverse (MOIT) jet mixer was studied by using planar laser induced fluorescence (PLIF) technique quantitatively. The effects of operation conditions (jet-to-pipe velocity ratio
r
and Reynolds number of the mixing fluids
ReM) and configuration parameters (orifice diameter
d
orifice-to-pipe diameter ratio
d/D
and number of the orifices embedded symmetrically on the wall of the pipe
n) on the macro-mixing performance
in particular
in terms of jet trajectories
were investigated. Jet-to-pipe velocity ratio and configuration parameters of the mixer are the main factors affecting the mixing process
whereas ReM had little effect on the jet trajectories. A mathematical model
with x as spanwise coordinate
y as streamwise coordinate
was proposed to predict the jet trajectories of the liquid mixing process in the MOIT jet mixer. The predicted jet trajectories agreed well with those from PLIF experiments.