Mass transfer enhancement in microchannel reactors by reorientation of fluid interfaces and stretching

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-111

  Adeosun, John T ^a   Lawal, Adeniyi ^a  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Mass transfer enhancement; Microchannel reactors; Mixing performance; Residence time distribution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP; REACTION KINETICS; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

MASS TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; MICROCHANNEL REACTORS; MIXING PERFORMANCE; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 23144454824     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2005.01.016     Document Type: Article

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