Towards an understanding of the effects of operating conditions on separation by microfluidic distillation

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2098-2106

  Lam, K F ^a   Sorensen, E ^a   Gavriilidis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetone; Ethanol; Mass transfer; Microchannel; Microdistillation; Microseparation

Indexed keywords

CHEMCAD; COOLING TEMPERATURE; ETHANOL MIXTURES; FEED COMPOSITIONS; FEED MIXTURE; FEED SOLUTION; HEATING TEMPERATURES; KEY PARAMETERS; MICRO-SCALES; MICRO-SEPARATION; MICRODISTILLATION; MICROFABRICATED; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING PARAMETERS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PARAMETRIC STUDY; REFLUX CONDITIONS; SEPARATION DEVICES; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION RESULT; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

ACETONE; DISTILLATION; ETHANOL; HEATING; HYDRAULICS; MASS TRANSFER; MICROCHANNELS;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 79953067368     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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