Numbered-up gas-liquid micro/milli channels reactor with modular flow distributor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 207-208, Issue , 2012, Pages 645-655

  Al Rawashdeh, M ^a   Yu, F ^a   Nijhuis, T A ^a   Rebrov, E V ^b   Hessel, V ^a   Schouten, J C ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design methodology; Microreactor; Multiphase flow; Scale up; Taylor flow

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE GENERATION; BUBBLE LENGTH; CIRCULAR CHANNELS; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; FLOW DISTRIBUTORS; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS-LIQUID PROCESSING; GLASS PLATE; LABORATORY SCALE; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; LIQUID FLOW RATES; MICRO-REACTOR; NONUNIFORMITY; PARALLEL CHANNEL; PRODUCTION CAPACITY; REACTION CHANNELS; SCALE-UP; SINGLE CHANNELS; SQUARE CHANNEL; STAINLESS STEEL PLATE; TAYLOR FLOW; UNIFORM FLOW DISTRIBUTIONS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; FABRICATION; FLOW CONTROL; FLOW RATE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SURFACE TENSION;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84866874110     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.07.028     Document Type: Article

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