Analysis of a pressure-driven folding flow microreactor with nearly plug-flow characteristics

AIChE Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1988-1994

  Vikhansky, A ^a   Macinnes, J M ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chaotic mixing; Chemical reactions; Microfluidics; RTD; Taylor dispersion

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ESTIMATES; AXIAL DISPERSIONS; CHAOTIC ADVECTION; CHAOTIC MIXING; CHEMICAL SPECIES; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; FLOW ELEMENTS; MICRO-REACTOR; NUMERICAL MODELING; PLUG FLOW REACTOR; PRESSURE-DRIVEN; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; RTD; TAYLOR DISPERSION;

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; MICROFLUIDICS;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 77958539651     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12129     Document Type: Article

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