Effect of gas and liquid flowrates on the size distribution of barium sulfate nanoparticles precipitated in a two phase flow capillary microreactor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 607-611

  Jeevarathinam, D ^a   Gupta, A K ^a   Pitchumani, B ^a   Mohan, Ratan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

BaSO4 precipitation; Gas liquid slug flow; Microreactors; Nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

BARIUM CHLORIDE; BARIUM SULFATE; BASO4 PRECIPITATION; CAPILLARY MICROREACTOR; FINE PARTICLES; FLOW CONDITION; GAS STREAMS; GAS-LIQUID SLUG FLOW; GLASS CAPILLARIES; INNER DIAMETERS; ION CONCENTRATIONS; LIQUID SLUG; LIQUID STREAMS; MEAN PARTICLE SIZE; MEAN SIZE; MICRO REACTOR; SIZE VARIATION; SULFATE SOLUTIONS;

AGGLOMERATION; BARIUM; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; INERT GASES; LIQUIDS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SODIUM SULFATE;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 80052599591     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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