Gas-Liquid Microreaction Technology: Recent Developments and Future Challenges

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 663-669

  CHEN, Guangwen ^a   YUE, Jun ^a   YUAN, Quan ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

flow pattern; gas liquid reaction; microchannel; microreactor; two phase flow

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW;

APPLICATIONS.; CURRENT RESEARCH STATUSES; FUTURE CHALLENGES; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS-LIQUID REACTION; MASS TRANSFER PHENOMENONS; MICROREACTION TECHNOLOGIES; MICROREACTOR; REACTOR DESIGNS; RECENT DEVELOPMENTS;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 56049093457     PISSN: 10049541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1004-9541(08)60138-X     Document Type: Article

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