Surfactant-free microdispersion process of gas in organic solvents in microfluidic devices

AIChE Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2647-2656

  Tan, J ^a   Du, L ^a   Xu, J H ^a   Wang, K ^a   Luo, G S ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gas liquid; Microfluidic; Organic solvents; Scaling

Indexed keywords

BREAK-UP RATES; DISPERSION METHODS; DISPERSION PROCESS; GAS LIQUID FLOWS; GAS LIQUIDS; GENERAL EQUATIONS; INTERFACE SHAPE; LIQUID PHASE; MICRO-DISPERSION; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICRO-SCALES; SCALING; SLUG FLOW; SURFACTANT-FREE; T JUNCTIONS; THREE MODELS;

FLOW PATTERNS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; LIQUIDS; MICROFLUIDICS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 80052645528     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12487     Document Type: Article

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