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In a batch system, fluid does not make only one pass past a measuring point in the system, it circulates and comes back again and again to the tracer measuring point. Thus, a pulse of tracer is seen again and again as it eventually becomes uniform in the system.

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Levenspiel, O. (2012). Batch Systems. In: Tracer Technology. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 96. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8074-8_10

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