Liquid-liquid two-phase flow in pore array microstructured devices for scaling-up of nanoparticle preparation

AIChE Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3041-3051

  Li, Shaowei ^a   Xu, Jianhong ^a   Wang, Yujun ^a   Luo, Guangsheng ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Drop; Mass transfer; Microstructure; Multiphase flow; Particle formation; Scale up

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIBILITIES; DROP FLOW; DROPLET DIAMETERS; DROPLET SIZES; FLOW REGIONS; INTERFACIAL TENSIONS; LANGMUIRS; LIQUID-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; MICRO-CHANNEL DEVICES; MICROSTRUCTURED DEVICES; NANOPARTICLE SIZES; PARTICLE FORMATION; PARTICLE FORMATIONS; PORE ARRAYS; SCALING-UP; SMALL SIZE; T JUNCTIONS; TEST SYSTEMS; TRANSITION REGIONS; TWO PHASIS;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); DROP FORMATION; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOPARTICLES; NEWTONIAN FLOW;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 72949116995     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11945     Document Type: Article

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