Reprint of: Measuring and modeling the residence time distribution of gas flows in multichannel microreactors

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 227, Issue , 2013, Pages 203-214

  Wibel, Wolf ^a   Wenka, Achim ^a   Brandner, Jürgen J ^a   Dittmeyer, Roland ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dispersion model; Extended correlation; Gas; Microchannel; Microreactor; Residence time distribution; Thermal conductivity sensor

Indexed keywords

CFD (COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS); CHEMICAL PROCESS ENGINEERING; DISPERSION MODELS; INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS; MICRO-REACTOR; MICROSTRUCTURED DEVICES; MICROSTRUCTURED REACTORS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY SENSORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSIONS; FLOW OF GASES; GASES; MICROCHANNELS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF GASES;

RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84879842021     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.05.016     Document Type: Article

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