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  • 1Residence Time Distribution — The residence time distribution (RTD) of a chemical reactor is a probability distribution function that describes the amount of time a fluid elements could spend inside the reactor. Chemical engineers use the RTD to characterize the mixing and… …

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  • 2Residence time — is a broadly useful concept that expresses how fast something moves through a system in equilibrium. It is the average time a substance spends within a specified region of space, such as a reservoir. For example, the residence time of water… …

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  • 3Lake retention time — (also called the residence time of lake water, or the water age or flushing time) is a calculated quantity expressing the mean time that water (or some dissolved substance) spends in a particular lake. At its simplest this figure is the result of …

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  • 4Finite-difference time-domain method — Finite difference time domain (FDTD) is a popular computational electrodynamics modeling technique. It is considered easy to understand and easy to implement in software. Since it is a time domain method, solutions can cover a wide frequency… …

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  • 5First-Time Home Buyer — An individual who is purchasing a principal residence for the first time. First time home buyers are more commonly recognized according to several criteria with regards to an individual retirement account (IRA). If these criteria are met the… …

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  • 6Plug flow reactor model — The plug flow reactor (PFR) model is used to describe chemical reactions in continuous, flowing systems. The PFR model is used to predict the behaviour of chemical reactors, so that key reactor variables, such as the dimensions of the reactor,… …

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  • 7Membrane bioreactor — (MBR) is the combination of a membrane process like microfiltration or ultrafiltration with a suspended growth bioreactor, and is now widely used for municipal and industrial wastewater treatment with plant sizes up to 80,000 population… …

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  • 8распределение времени пребывания — (напр. тепловыделяющего элемента в активной зоне ядерного реактора, частиц угля в зоне горения топки котла и др.) [А.С.Гольдберг. Англо русский энергетический словарь. 2006 г.] Тематики энергетика в целом EN residence time… …

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  • 9Dimensionless quantity — In dimensional analysis, a dimensionless quantity or quantity of dimension one is a quantity without an associated physical dimension. It is thus a pure number, and as such always has a dimension of 1.[1] Dimensionless quantities are widely used… …

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  • 10RTD — may refer to: * Russell s Theory of Descriptions * Ready to drink, an alcoholic or non alcoholic beverage that requires no preparation before it can be consumed * Real Time Dispatching, a software component * Referee Technical Decision, a rare… …

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