Residence time distribution (RTD)

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the flow-and-microfluidic-chemistry subtree

Danckwerts 1953: E(t) = c(t) / integral c dt; characterizes non-ideal flow via tracer-injection; classify as PFR + CSTR + axial-dispersion via E(t) shape.

Related concepts

Linear ODE
Diffusion equation

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