Microstructure-based intensification of a falling film microreactor through optimal film setting with realistic profiles and in-channel induced mixing

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 179, Issue , 2012, Pages 318-329

  Al Rawashdeh, Ma'moun ^a,b   Cantu Perez, Alberto ^c   Ziegenbalg, Dirk ^d   Löb, Patrick ^b   Gavriilidis, Asterios ^c   Hessel, Volker ^a,b   Schönfeld, Friedhelm ^e  

^a INSTITUT FÜR MIKROTECHNIK MAINZ GMBH   (Germany)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e Hochschule RheinMain   (Germany)

Author keywords

Falling film reactor; Microreactor; Microstructure; Multiphase reaction; Simulation; Staggered herringbone groove micromixer

Indexed keywords

FALLING FILM REACTOR; MICRO MIXERS; MICRO-REACTOR; MULTIPHASE REACTIONS; SIMULATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LIQUID FILMS; MASS TRANSFER; MICROCHANNELS; MICROSTRUCTURE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84155186286     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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