Fluid segment configuration for improving product yield and selectivity of catalytic surface reactions in microreactors

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 133, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 105-111

  Aoki, Nobuaki ^a   Yube, Kunio ^a   Mae, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catalytic surface reaction; Fluid segment; Microreactor; Reaction order; Yield and selectivity

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; DIFFUSION; MIXING; OPTIMIZATION;

CATALYTIC SURFACE REACTION; FLUID SEGMENT; MICROREACTOR; REACTION ORDER;

LAMINAR FLOW;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; DIFFUSION; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXING; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 34250671087     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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