Slug flow characteristics of gas-miscible liquids in a rectangular microchannel with cross and T-shaped junctions

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 5256-5263

  Yun, Junxian ^a   Lei, Qiang ^a   Zhang, Songhong ^a   Shen, Shaochuan ^a   Yao, Kejian ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bubble; Hydrodynamics; Microchannel; Multiphase flow; Slug flow; Transport processes

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SURFACTANT SOLUTIONS; BUBBLE; CALCULATED VALUES; COLLOID SILICA; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; FLOW PARAMETERS; GAS BUBBLE; GASPHASE; HIGH-SPEED; LIQUID FLOW; LIQUID SLUG LENGTH; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICRO REACTOR; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICRO-MIXING; MICROCHANNEL SYSTEMS; MISCIBLE LIQUIDS; NITROGEN GAS; OPTICAL IMAGING METHOD; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS; SLUG FLOW; SOLID LIPID NANOPARTICLES; T JUNCTIONS; TAIL LENGTH; TAYLOR BUBBLES;

ACETONE; CHEMICAL REACTORS; ETHANOL; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INERT GASES; LIQUID FILMS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NANOPARTICLES; PRESSURE DROP; SILICA; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 77955428339     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.06.031     Document Type: Article

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