Lattice Boltzmann study of velocity, temperature, and concentration in micro-reactors

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 15-16, 2010, Pages 3175-3185

  Verma, Nishith ^a   Mewes, Dieter ^b   Luke, Andreas ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Mass transfer; Mathematical modeling; Micro flows; Micro reactors; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION COEFFICIENTS; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; GAS VELOCITY; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HETEROGENEOUS CHEMICAL REACTION; KNUDSEN NUMBERS; LATTICE BOLTZMANN; LATTICE-BOLTZMANN METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MICRO REACTOR; MICRO-REACTORS; MICROFLOWS; SHERWOOD NUMBERS; SLIP-FLOW; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL; WALL TEMPERATURES;

DROP FORMATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; REACTION RATES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

EID: 77953290864     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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