Quantification and prediction of jet macro-mixing times in static microwell plates

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 4860-4870

  Nealon, Anthony J ^a   O'Kennedy, Ronan D ^b   Titchener Hooker, Nigel J ^a   Lye, Gary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biochemical engineering; High throughput screening; Jet mixing; Microscale processing; Process automation; Visualisation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; JETS; MARKETING; MEDICINE; MIXING; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; JET MIXING; MICROSCALE PROCESSING; PROCESS AUTOMATION;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

AUTOMATION; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; DRUG PRODUCTS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; JETS; MARKETING; MEDICINE; MIXING; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 33744542293     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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