Characterization of viscosity dependent residence time distribution in the static micromixer Statmix6

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 845-851

  Michael Kohler J ^a   Schleiff, Beate ^a   Schneider, Steffen ^a   Boskovic, Dusan ^b   Henkel, Thomas ^c   Alexander Gross G ^a  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY ICT   (Germany)

^c Institute for Photonic Technologies   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flow rate; Micromixer; Microreaction technology; Residence time distribution; Reynolds number; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

FLOW RATE; MIXERS (MACHINERY); REYNOLDS NUMBER; TEMPERATURE MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; VISCOSITY;

ELIMINATION KINETICS; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; MICRO MIXERS; MICROREACTION TECHNOLOGY; PARAMETER EFFECTS; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; STATIC MICRO-MIXER; TRANSITION REGIONS;

RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 78049268097     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.02.028     Document Type: Article

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