Ideal micromixing performance in packed microchannels

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2912-2919

  Su, Yuanhai ^a   Chen, Guangwen ^a   Yuan, Quan ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Fluid mechanics; Microchannel; Mixing; Packed bed; Process intensification

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION DISTANCE; FLUID ELEMENT; HIGH-SPEED CCD; INCORPORATION MODEL; INTERFACIAL AREAS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; MICRO-MIXING; MICRO-PARTICLES; MICROMIXING PERFORMANCE; MIXING PERFORMANCE; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; SEGREGATION INDEX;

CAMERAS; CCD CAMERAS; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); DIFFUSION; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDS; MIXING; PACKED BEDS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 79955578452     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.03.024     Document Type: Article

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