Axial mass transfer in Taylor flow through circular microchannels

AIChE Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1413-1428

  Salman, Wael ^a   Gavriilidis, Asterios ^a   Angeli, Panagiota ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axial mixing; Dispersion; Taylor flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSIONS; MICROCHANNELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

AXIAL MIXING; TAYLOR FLOW; TWO-REGION MODEL;

CHANNEL FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSIONS; MICROCHANNELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 34250196151     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11148     Document Type: Article

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