Measurement of residence time distribution in microfluidic systems

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 5729-5737

  Trachsel, Franz ^a,b   Günther, Axel ^a   Khan, Saif ^a   Jensen, Klavs F ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Multiphase flow; Residence time distribution; Segmented flow

Indexed keywords

CONFINED FLOW; FLUORESCENCE; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS; MICROREACTORS; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION (RTD); TRACER LIQUID;

FLUIDICS;

MULTIPHASE FLOW; RESIDENCE TIME;

EID: 22244478613     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.04.039     Document Type: Article

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