Application of μ-PIV for investigating liquid film characteristics in an open inclined microchannel

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 90-99

  Anastasiou, Antonios D ^a   Makatsoris, Charalampos ^b   Gavriilidis, Asterios ^c   Mouza, Aikaterini A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

PIV; Falling film; Film thickness; Micro reactor; Velocity profiles

Indexed keywords

FALLING FILM; FALLING-FILM MICROREACTORS; FILM CHARACTERISTICS; HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; INTERFACIAL AREAS; LIQUID PHASIS; MASS FLOW RATE; MICRO PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; MICRO REACTOR; NON-INTRUSIVE TECHNIQUES; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS; THIN LIQUID FILM; VELOCITY PROFILES;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; FILM THICKNESS; LIQUID FILMS; MICROCHANNELS;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84869195229     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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