Flow pattern and break-up of liquid film in single-channel falling film microreactors

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 126-132

  Zhang, Haocui ^a,b   Yue, Jun ^a   Chen, Guangwe ^a   Yuan, Quan ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Falling film; Flow pattern; Microchannel; Microfluidics; Microreactor; Minimum wetting flow rate

Indexed keywords

BREAK-UP; CHANNEL DIMENSION; CRITICAL FLOW RATE; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FALLING FILM; FALLING FILM FLOW; FALLING-FILM MICROREACTORS; FLOW PATTERN TRANSITION; INFLUENCE OF FLUID; MICRO-REACTOR; MINIMUM WETTING FLOW RATE; RIVULET FLOW; SINGLE-CHANNEL;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; LIQUID FILMS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; WETTING;

FLOW PATTERNS;

EID: 77956262196     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.07.045     Document Type: Article

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