Mean-field model for heat transfer in multichannel microreactors

AIChE Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1006-1016

  Hardt, Steffen ^a   Baier, Tobias ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FÜR MIKROTECHNIK MAINZ GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Microreactor; Model reduction; Multichannel stack; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

MICROREACTOR; MODEL REDUCTION; MULTICHANNEL STACK;

HEAT CONDUCTION;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 34047240844     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11138     Document Type: Article

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