Considerations on the design of flow cells in by-pass systems for process analytical applications and its influence on the flow profile using NMR and CFD

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 75, Issue , 2012, Pages 318-326

  Dalitz, Franz ^a   Maiwald, Michael ^b   Guthausen, Gisela ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

Author keywords

CFD; Chemical processes; Imaging; Instrumentation; NMR; Process control

Indexed keywords

BYPASS SYSTEMS; CFD SIMULATIONS; CHEMICAL PROCESS; FLOW CELLS; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; FLOW PROFILE; GAIN INFORMATION; HIGH-FIELD NMR; INSTRUMENTATION; LOW MAGNETIC FIELDS; MIXING EFFECTS; NMR-IMAGING; NUMERICAL ESTIMATION; ON-LINE MEASUREMENT; PROCESS ANALYTICAL; REACTION MONITORING; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; VOLUME FLOW RATE;

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DESIGN; FLOW PATTERNS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROCESS CONTROL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84859723812     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.03.042     Document Type: Article

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