The role of kinetics in the design of plasma microreactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 4925-4930

  Lozano Parada, Jaime H ^a   Zimmerman, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrochemistry; Microfluidics; Multiphase reactors; Plasma microreactors; Reaction engineering; Transport processes

Indexed keywords

MICRO REACTOR; MULTI-PHASE REACTOR; MULTIPHASE REACTORS; REACTION ENGINEERING; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; IONIZATION OF GASES; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; OZONE; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS; REACTION KINETICS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 77954623240     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.03.056     Document Type: Article

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