Microbubble beam (MBB), a potential dispersion mechanism for multiphase gas-liquid microreactor systems

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 3721-3730

  Doku, George N ^a   Verboom, Willem ^a   Reinhoudt, David N ^a   Van den Berg, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); DISPERSIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GASES; HYDROPHILICITY; LIQUIDS; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

MICROBUBBLE BEAMS (MBB); MICROPIPETS; MICROREACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

GLASS; STAINLESS STEEL;

REACTOR;

ARTICLE; DISPERSION; FLUID FLOW; GAS; HYDROPHILICITY; IMAGING; LIQUID; PRESSURE; REACTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0043212150     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie020915h     Document Type: Article

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