Numerical simulation of mass transfer in a liquid-liquid membrane contactor for laminar flow conditions

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1325-1333

  Kieffer, Roland ^a   Charcosset, Catherine ^a   Puel, François ^a   Mangin, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Membrane contactor; Membrane reactor; Micromixing; Microreactor; Mixing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LAMINAR FLOW; LIQUID MEMBRANES; MIXING;

MEMBRANE CONTACTOR; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MICROMIXING; MICROREACTOR;

MASS TRANSFER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LAMINAR FLOW; LIQUID MEMBRANES; MASS TRANSFER; MIXING;

EID: 41349116598     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2007.06.013     Document Type: Article

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