Numbering-up of micro devices: A first liquid-flow splitting unit

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 421-429

  Schenk, Rainer ^a   Hessel, Volker ^a   Hofmann, Christian ^a   Kiss, Janos ^a   Löwe, Holger ^a   Ziogas, Athanassios ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR MIKROTECHNIK MAINZ GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Liquid flow splitting unit; Numbering up; Separation layer mixer

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; ALDEHYDES; FLOW PATTERNS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPARATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TANKS (CONTAINERS);

LIQUID FLOW SPLITTING; MICROMIXERS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

LIQUID FLOW; SEPARATING FLOW; SPLITTER;

EID: 2542429483     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2003.11.034     Document Type: Article

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