Influence of flow regime on mass transfer in different types of microchannels

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 6906-6914

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

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMED INTERFACE; DISPERSED FLOW; FINE DISPERSIONS; FLOW REGIMES; HIGH THROUGHPUT; INTERFACIAL AREAS; INTERNAL SURFACES; LIQUID-LIQUID REACTIONS; MASS TRANSFER RATE; MICROSTRUCTURED REACTORS; ON FLOW; SINGLE MICROCHANNEL; SPECIFIC INTERFACIAL AREA;

ACETONE; DATA TRANSFER RATES; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; TOLUENE;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 79959988044     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie102200j     Document Type: Article

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