Hydrodynamics of liquid-liquid slug flow capillary microreactor: Flow regimes, slug size and pressure drop

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Kashid, Madhvanand N ^a   Agar, David W ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Interfacial area; Liquid liquid slug flow; Pressure drop; Slug size; Wall film

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP;

INTERFACIAL AREA; LIQUID-LIQUID SLUG FLOW; SLUG SIZE; WALL FILM;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATION THEORY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP;

EID: 34248331752     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2006.11.020     Document Type: Article

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