Investigation of a novel microreactor for enhancing mixing and conversion

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 195, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 745-757

  Yu, Liang ^a   Nassar, Raja ^a   Fang, Ji ^a   Kuila, Debasish ^a   Varahramyan, Kody ^a  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversion; Fluidic simulation; Microreactor; Mixing; Stochastic modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; MICROCHANNELS; MIXING; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

MICROREACTOR; OMEGA-SHAPED MICROCHANNELS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; MICROCHANNELS; MIXING; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 41049105465     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: 15635201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986440701690980     Document Type: Article

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