Liquid-liquid two-phase flow and mass transfer characteristics in packed microchannels

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3947-3956

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

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Extraction; Immiscible fluids; Mass transfer; Microchannel; Mixing; Multiphase flow

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; FLOW HYDRODYNAMICS; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; INTERFACIAL AREAS; LIQUID-LIQUID DISPERSIONS; LIQUID-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; MASS TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; MICRO-PARTICLES; MIXING PERFORMANCE; N-BUTANOL; QUARTZ SAND; SPECIFIC ENERGY; SUCCINIC ACIDS;

DISPERSIONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STAINLESS STEEL;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 77953139437     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.03.034     Document Type: Article

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