Pressure drop in a split-and-recombine caterpillar micromixer in case of newtonian and non-newtonian fluids

AIChE Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2679-2685

  Carrier, Odile ^a   Funfschilling, Denis ^a   Debas, Hélène ^a   Poncin, Souhila ^a   Löb, Patrick ^b   Li, Huai Zhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b INSTITUT FÜR MIKROTECHNIK MAINZ GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caterpillar; Elongational flow; Excess pressure drop; Friction factor; Micromixer; Non Newtonian fluid; Pressure drop; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; ELONGATIONAL FLOW; EXCESS PRESSURE; FRICTION FACTORS; MICRO MIXERS; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

EID: 84879300031     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.14035     Document Type: Article

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