Residence time distributions in microchannels: Comparison between channels with herringbone structures and a rectangular channel

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 834-844

  Cantu Perez, Alberto ^a   Barrass, Simon ^a   Gavriilidis, Asterios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Herringbones; Microchannel; Residence time distribution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MICROCHANNELS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; PECLET NUMBER; ROTATING DISKS;

ADVERSE EFFECT; AXIAL DISPERSIONS; HERRINGBONES; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; PARTICLE TRACKING; REACTION PERFORMANCE; RECTANGULAR CHANNEL; STAGNANT ZONES;

RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 78049269056     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.07.023     Document Type: Article

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