Gas-liquid and liquid-liquid mass transfer in microstructured reactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 3876-3897

  Kashid, Madhvanand N ^a   Renken, Albert ^a   Kiwi Minsker, Lioubov ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Flow patterns; Gas liquid; Liquid liquid; Mass transfer; Microstructured reactors; Multiphase

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL REACTORS; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; FAST KINETICS; FILM THEORY; FLOW REGIMES; GAS LIQUIDS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HIGH SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO; LIQUID-LIQUID; LIQUID-LIQUID SYSTEMS; LIQUID-LIQUIDS; LITERATURE DATA; MASS TRANSFER MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURED REACTORS; MULTIPHASE; TWO PHASE SYSTEMS;

MASS TRANSFER;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 79959636155     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.05.015     Document Type: Review

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