Mass transfer performance of gas-liquid segmented flow in microchannels

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 181-182, Issue , 2012, Pages 229-235

  Tan, J ^a   Lu, Y C ^a   Xu, J H ^a   Luo, G S ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gas liquid; Mass transfer; Microfluidic; Segmented flow

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL SHAPE; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; GAS AND LIQUID FLOWS; GAS CONCENTRATION; GAS LIQUID FLOWS; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS SLUGS; IN-SITU; MASS TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; MEASURING METHOD; MICRO-DISPERSION; MICRO-FLOW; OVERALL MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; SEGMENTED FLOW; SEMIEMPIRICAL EQUATION; T JUNCTIONS;

GASES; LIQUIDS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 84856329411     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.11.067     Document Type: Article

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