Channel interlacing: A geometric concept for intensification and design of the internal structure of fluid contactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 709-720

  Tondeur, Daniel ^a   Menetrieux, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Arborescence; Channel interlacing; Flow systems; Intensification; Multiscale; Vascular network

Indexed keywords

ARBORESCENCE; CHANNEL INTERLACING; FLOW SYSTEMS; INTENSIFICATION; MULTISCALES; VASCULAR NETWORK;

GEOMETRY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

FLUIDS;

EID: 78650700674     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.11.027     Document Type: Article

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