Single-phase fluid flow distribution and heat transfer in microstructured reactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1374-1393

  Rebrov, Evgeny V ^a   Schouten, Jaap C ^a   de Croon, Mart H J M ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CFD; Flow distribution; Heat transfer; Microreactor; Numbering up; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC MICROREACTORS; CFD; CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER; DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS; ENTRANCE EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; FLOW MALDISTRIBUTION; FLUID FLOW DISTRIBUTION; HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID FLOW; MICRO-REACTOR; MICROSTRUCTURED REACTORS; MULTI-CHANNEL; NON-UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; NUMBERING-UP; NUMERICAL RESULTS; REACTOR PERFORMANCE; SCALING EFFECTS; SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS; SINGLE CHANNELS; SINGLE-PHASE FLUID; STANDARD THEORIES; TEMPERATURE DEVIATION; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT PROPERTIES; THERMAL RUNAWAYS; VISCOUS HEATING;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTS; FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 79952312571     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.05.044     Document Type: Review

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