Numbering-up and mass transfer studies of liquid-liquid two-phase microstructured reactors

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-240

  Kashid, M N ^a   Gupta, A ^a   Renken, A ^a   Kiwi Minsker, L ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Liquid liquid slug flow; Mass transfer; Microstructured reactors; Numbering up; Process intensification

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL REACTORS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; INDUSTRIAL-SCALE PRODUCTION; INTERFACIAL TENSIONS; LIQUID-LIQUID SLUG-FLOW; LIQUID-LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; MASS TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; MASS TRANSFER STUDIES; MICROSTRUCTURED REACTORS; OPERATING CONDITION; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; SCALE-UP; SINGLE CHANNELS; TWO PHASE SYSTEMS; UNIFORM FLOW;

CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; DYES; MASS TRANSFER; THROUGHPUT;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 77649275428     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.01.020     Document Type: Article

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