Scale-up concept for modular microstructured reactors based on mixing, heat transfer, and reactor safety

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1017-1026

  Kockmann, Norbert ^a   Roberge, Dominique M ^b  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LONZA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Microreactor; Mixing; Parametric sensitivity; Reaction runaway; Scale up

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL DESIGN; CONTINUOUS-FLOW REACTORS; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; HAZARDOUS CHEMISTRY; HIGH PRODUCTION RATE; HIGH-FLOW RATE; LIMITING EFFECTS; MICRO-REACTOR; MICROSTRUCTURED REACTORS; PARAMETRIC SENSITIVITY; RAPID MIXING; REACTION RUNAWAY; REACTOR SAFETY; SAFE OPERATION; SCALE-UP; SMALL CHANNELS;

EXOTHERMIC REACTIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; MIXING; REACTION KINETICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 82855165168     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2011.05.021     Document Type: Article

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