plug-flow

in catalysis
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A packed bed flow reactor is commonly called a fixed bed reactor and the term plug-flow is also used to indicate that no attempt is made to back-mix the reaction mixture as it passes through the catalyst bed.
Source:
PAC, 1976, 46, 71. 'Manual of Symbols and Terminology for Physicochemical Quantities and Units - Appendix II. Definitions, Terminology and Symbols in Colloid and Surface Chemistry. Part II: Heterogeneous Catalysis' on page 80 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac197646010071)