Slug flow in curved microreactors: Hydrodynamic study

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 7494-7504

  Kumar, Vimal ^a   Vashisth, Subhashini ^a   Hoarau, Yannick ^b   Nigam, K D P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b Faculté de Médecine   (France)

Author keywords

Curved microreactor; Hydrodynamics; Secondary flow; Slug flow; Two phase

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROCHANNELS; SECONDARY FLOW;

CURVED MICROREACTOR; SLUG FLOW;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROCHANNELS; SECONDARY FLOW;

EID: 36049029321     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.06.026     Document Type: Article

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