Geometric design of fluid segments in microreactors using dimensionless numbers

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1502-1515

  Aoki, Nobuaki ^a   Hasebe, Shinji ^a   Mae, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dimensionless number; Geometry of fluid segments; Microreactor; Molecular diffusion; Product yield; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MACHINE DESIGN; MIXING; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; GEOMETRY OF FLUID SEGMENTS; MICROREACTORS; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; PRODUCT YIELD; SELECTIVITY;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

ASPECT RATIO; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MACHINE DESIGN; MIXING; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 33645667872     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10727     Document Type: Article

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