Scale-up of process intensifying falling film microreactors to pilot production scale

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Vankayala, Bhanu Kiran ^a   Löb, Patrick ^a   Hessel, Volker ^a   Menges, Gabriele ^a   Hofmann, Christian ^a   Metzke, Daniel ^a   Krtschil, Ulrich ^a   Kost, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR MIKROTECHNIK MAINZ GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Falling film microreactor; Process intensification; Scale up and gas liquid reactions

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HEAT TRANSFER; LIQUID FILMS; MASS TRANSFER; MICROSTRUCTURE; OXIDATION;

FALLING FILM MICROREACTOR; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; PROCESS PARAMETERS; REACTOR PARAMETERS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 35948989321     PISSN: 21945748     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-6580.1463     Document Type: Article

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