Convective micromixers - Design and industrial applications

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 222, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 807-816

  Kockmann, Norbert ^a,b  

^a LONZA AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical reactions; Fluid dynamics; Microchannels; Mixing; Particle precipitation

Indexed keywords

FOULING; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MICROCHANNELS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHENIUM; SCALE (DEPOSITS);

DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; FLOWRATES; GAS PHASE; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBERS; HOMOGENEOUS CONDENSATION; MASS FLOW RATES; MICRO-MIXERS; MIXING DEVICES; MIXING ELEMENTS; MIXING PERFORMANCE; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; PARTICLE GENERATIONS; PRESSURE LOSSES; SIMULATION RESULTS; STATIC MICROMIXERS; T-SHAPED; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; TRANSIENT FLOWS; VITAMIN E;

MIXING;

EID: 48049113955     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544062JMES717     Document Type: Conference Paper

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