Parallel flow of immiscible liquids in a microreactor: Modeling and experimental study

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 12, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 307-316

  Pohar, Andrej ^a   Lakner, Mitja ^a   Plazl, Igor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Interface position; Mathematical model; Microreactor; Parallel flow

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROCESS; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOWRATE RATIO; FLUID PROPERTY; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; IMMISCIBLE LIQUIDS; INTERFACE POSITION; MICRO-REACTOR; MICRO-SCALES; MICROREACTOR DESIGN; THREE DIMENSIONS; VISCOSITY RATIOS;

FLOW RATE; FLUID MECHANICS; HEXANE; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER BLENDS; VISCOSITY;

PARALLEL FLOW;

EID: 84856226250     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-011-0873-7     Document Type: Article

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