Nitrogen stripping of isopropyl-alcohol and toluene in a falling film micro reactor: Gas side mass transfer experiments and modelling at isothermal conditions

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 76, Issue , 2012, Pages 216-223

  Moschou, P ^a   de Croon, M H J M ^a   van der Schaaf, J ^a   Schouten, J C ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Downstream processing; Falling film micro reactor; Mass transfer; Microstructure; Separations; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DOWNSTREAM-PROCESSING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FALLING FILM; FINE CHEMICALS; ISOPROPYL ALCOHOLS; ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; MASS BALANCE EQUATIONS; MASS TRANSFER MODELS; MASS TRANSPORT EQUATION; MICRO REACTOR; PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTION; PURE SOLVENTS; SEMI-ANALYTICAL; SEPARATION PROCESS; SHERWOOD; SIMULATION; STRIPPING EFFICIENCY; TRANSFER MEASUREMENTS;

LAMINAR FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; MICROSTRUCTURE; SEPARATION; TOLUENE;

NITROGEN;

EID: 84860800068     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.03.048     Document Type: Article

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