Characteristics of liquid slugs in gas-liquid Taylor flow in microchannels

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 640-649

  Zaloha, Petr ^a   Kristal, Jiri ^a   Jiricny, Vladimir ^a   Völkel, Norbert ^b,c   Xuereb, Catherine ^b,c   Aubin, Joelle ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Gas liquid; Hydrodynamics; Micro PIV; Microreactor; Mixing; Multiphase flow

Indexed keywords

FLOW CONDITION; GAS LIQUIDS; LIQUID SLUG; MEANDERING CHANNEL; MICRO PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; MICRO PIV; MICRO-REACTOR; RECIRCULATION RATES; RECIRCULATION VELOCITY; RECIRCULATIONS; RESIDENCE TIME; STRAIGHT GEOMETRIES; SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY; TAYLOR FLOW;

HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROCHANNELS; MIXING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 81055156603     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.10.036     Document Type: Article

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