An experimental investigation of a scaled-down model of an industrial exchanger, using an electrochemical technique, was undertaken in order to show the presence of hydrodynamic heterogeneities at low axial Reynolds number. Heterogeneities were revealed in the bowls with respect to the generalised Taylor number as the result of the perturbations added to the flow by blade rotation at both ends of the exchanger. Shear heterogeneities associated to flow visualisations were correlated to temperature heterogeneities observed in the bowls. Shear fluctuations were revealed in the scraped part describing two distinctive zones at low rotation speed caused by varying viscosity in the flow field. A complex spiral flow was observed by flow visualisation characterising a mass transfer evolution comprised between these two distinctive zones at low Taylor number.of the microelectrode (m) d h hydraulic diameter (m) d h = (d s -d r ) d r rotor diameter (m) d s stator diameter (m) e gap (m) F Faraday constant (A s mol )1 ) K consistency coefficient of the product (Ostwald law (Pa s n )) L stator length (m) n flow behaviour index of the product (Ostwald law (-)) N rotation speed (rps) n L number of blades (-) Q flow rate (m 3 s )1 ) Re ax ¼ &U d d h axial Reynolds number (-) Re axg ¼ &U 2Àn d d n d K generalised axial Reynolds number (-) Re r ¼ &Nd 2 r Rotational Reynolds number (-) R r rotor radius (m) R s stator radius (m) S wall shear rate (s )1 ) Sc exchange surface (m 2 ) T temperature (°C) Ta ¼ ffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi R s ÀR r R r q &d h 2 ðR r Þ Taylor number (-) Ta g ¼ ffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi R s ÀR r R r q &d n h 2 n ðR r Þ 2Àn K generalised Taylor number (-) Ta c , Ta gc critical values of Taylor number (-) U d mean axial velocity in the annular space (m s )1 ) z number of electrons (-) q density (kg m )3 ) g dynamic viscosity (Pa s) cshear rate (s )1 ) X rotating speed of the rotor (rad. s )1 ); X = 2pN s shear stress (Pa)