Hydrodynamics and reaction studies in a layered herringbone channel

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 167, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 657-665

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

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consecutive reaction; Herringbone; Microchannel; Residence time distribution

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DISPERSIONS; CONSECUTIVE REACTION; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; GOOD MIXING; HERRINGBONE; MIDDLE LAYER; MODEL PARAMETERS; PARTICLE TRACKING; PARTICLE-TRACKING METHOD; PREMIXED; REACTION CONVERSION; REACTION STUDIES; REACTOR CONFIGURATION; REACTOR VOLUME; RECTANGULAR CHANNEL; RESIDENCE TIME; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; STAGNANT ZONES; STIRRING EFFECTS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROCHANNELS; RESONANT TUNNELING;

MOLTEN MATERIALS;

EID: 79952450883     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.10.044     Document Type: Article

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