Hydrodynamics of Taylor flow in noncircular capillaries

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2098-2106

  Liu, Dingsheng ^a,b   Wang, Shudong ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Equi triangular capillary; Monolithic reactor; Square capillary; Taylor flow; VOF

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; LIQUID FILMS; MICROCIRCULATION; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EQUI-TRIANGULAR CAPILLARY; MONOLITHIC REACTOR; SQUARE CAPILLARY; TAYLOR FLOW; VOF;

CAPILLARITY;

EID: 53549132804     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2007.10.025     Document Type: Article

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