Intensification of liquid-liquid two-Phase mass transfer by gas agitation in a microchannel

AIChE Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1948-1958

  Su, Yuanhai ^a,b   Chen, Guangwen ^a   Zhao, Yuchao ^a   Yuan, Quan ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Gas agitation; Interfacial area; Microchannel; Micromixing; Microreactor

Indexed keywords

GAS AGITATION; GAS INLET; GAS SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY; GASPHASE; HIGH DISPERSION; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; IMMISCIBLE LIQUIDS; INTERFACIAL AREA; LIQUID-LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; MASS TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; MASS TRANSFER PROCESS; MICROMIXING; MICROREACTOR; SAMPLING TIME; SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY; TESTING SYSTEMS; TWO PHASIS;

INERT GASES; MASS TRANSFER; MICROCHANNELS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 67650721475     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11787     Document Type: Article

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