On the hydrodynamics of liquid-liquid slug flow capillary microreactors

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-160

  Kashid, M N ^a,c   Rivas, D Fernández ^b   Agar, D W ^a   Turek, S ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Instituto Superior de Tecnologias y Ciencias Aplicadas InSTEC   (Cuba)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Capillary microreactor; Free surface modelling; Internal circulations; Liquid liquid slug flow; Particle tracing

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MIXING; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

CAPILLARY MICROREACTOR; CAPILLARY WALLS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; CONTINUOUS FLOW; CONTINUOUS PHASE; ENHANCED MASS TRANSFER; FREE-SURFACE MODELLING; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; INTERFACIAL TENSION; INTERNAL CIRCULATIONS; LIQUID ADHESION; LIQUID FLOWS; LIQUID-LIQUID SLUG FLOW; MICRO REACTOR TECHNOLOGY; MICRO SCALES; MICRO-REACTORS; ON FLOW; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PARTICLE TRACING; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; SHEARING ACTION; SOLID WALLS;

FLUIDS;

EID: 49249127763     PISSN: 19322135     EISSN: 19322143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/apj.127     Document Type: Article

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