Current methods for characterising mixing and flow in microchannels

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2065-2093

  Aubin, Joëlle ^a,b   Ferrando, Montse ^c   Jiricny, Vladimir ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bubble; Drop; Hydrodynamics; Microchannel; Microreactor; Mixing

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE; CHARACTERISATION; CONFOCAL SCANNING LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; EXISTING METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FULL-FIELD; HIGH RESOLUTION STEREO; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; INTEGRATION OF MICRO-CHANNEL; MICRO PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; MICRO-REACTOR; MICROMIXERS; NON-INTRUSIVE SENSORS; ON-LINE FLOW; ON-LINE MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL ACCESS; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL METHODS; OPTICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASONIC SPECTROSCOPY; VISUAL MEASUREMENTS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MIXING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL ENGINEERING; RESONANCE; ULTRASONIC TESTING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 76549092999     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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