Quantitative prediction of flow patterns in liquid-liquid flow in micro-capillaries

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 972-978

  Kashid, Madhvanand ^a   Kiwi Minsker, Lioubov ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Flow patterns; Inertia dominated; Liquid liquid systems; Microchannels; Surface tension dominated

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTION; DEFORMED INTERFACE; GAS-LIQUID SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; INERTIA DOMINATED; LIQUID-LIQUID FLOW; LIQUID-LIQUID REACTIONS; LIQUID-LIQUID SYSTEMS; LITERATURE DATA; MASS TRANSFER RATE; MICRO REACTOR; MICRO-CAPILLARIES; MICROSTRUCTURED REACTORS; PATTERN FORMATION; PREDICTIVE TOOLS; QUANTITATIVE PREDICTION; RATIONAL DESIGN; SLUG FLOW; TWO PHASE;

CAPILLARITY; FLOW PATTERNS; MICROCHANNELS; PARALLEL FLOW; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE TENSION;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 82855165121     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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