Heat management in single and multi-injection microstructured reactors: Scaling effects, stability analysis, and role of mixing

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1474-1489

  Haber, J ^a   Kashid, M N ^a   Renken, A ^a   Kiwi Minsker, L ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX REACTIONS; CONVENTIONAL REACTORS; CRITICAL ISSUES; GENERAL DESIGN CRITERIA; HEAT MANAGEMENT; HOT SPOT; INCREASED TEMPERATURE; INTRINSIC KINETICS; MICROSTRUCTURED REACTORS; MULTI-INJECTION REACTOR; PRODUCT DISTRIBUTIONS; REACTOR SAFETY; SCALING EFFECTS; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

CHEMISTRY; ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

EID: 84856551441     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie201158a     Document Type: Review

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