Growth and detachment of chemical reaction-generated micro-bubbles on micro-textured catalyst

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 807-818

  Chen, Soon Lin ^a   Lin, Chun Ting ^a   Pan, Chin ^a   Chieng, Ching Chang ^a   Tseng, Fan Gang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bubble detachment; Catalyst; Chemical reaction; Fuel cell; Gas removal; Micro bubble

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE DETACHMENT; BUBBLE DETACHMENTS; BUBBLE DIAMETER; BUBBLE GROWTH; BUBBLE SIZE; CATALYST STRUCTURES; CIRCULAR PATTERN; CONSTANT RATE; FUEL CELL SYSTEM; GAS GENERATION; GAS REMOVAL; HIGH-SPEED DIGITAL CAMERAS; MICRO-BUBBLE; MICROBUBBLES; PT CATALYSTS; SIMULATION RESULT; SINGLE BUBBLES;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CAMERAS; CATALYST SUPPORTS; COMPUTER CRIME; FUEL CELLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; PLATINUM; SIMULATORS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CATALYSIS;

EID: 71249155477     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-009-0439-0     Document Type: Article

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