Hydrodynamics and mass transfer of gas-liquid flow in a falling film microreactor

AIChE Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1110-1120

  Zhang, Haocui ^a,b   Chen, Guangwen ^b   Yue, Jun ^b   Yuan, Quan ^b  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Falling film; Gas liquid two phase flow; Mass transfer; Microchannel

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; FALLING FILM; FALLING FILM FLOW; FLOW OF LIQUIDS; FLOW REGIMES; GAS CHAMBERS; GAS LIQUID FLOWS; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; HIGH-SPEED CCD; LIQUID FLOW RATES; LIQUID VISCOSITY; LIQUID-FILM FLOW; MICRO-REACTOR; RIVULET FLOW; SIDE WALLS;

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW RATE; FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS ABSORPTION; LIQUID FILMS; MASS TRANSFER; MICROCHANNELS; NANOFLUIDICS; SURFACE TENSION; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOSITY;

GASES;

EID: 66649094179     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11743     Document Type: Article

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