Review on gas-liquid separations in microchannel devices

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1941-1953

  Lam, Koon F ^a   Sorensen, Eva ^a   Gavriilidis, Asterios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorption; Distillation; Microchannels; Microfluidics; Microprocess engineering; Stripping

Indexed keywords

GAS-LIQUID SEPARATION; LIMITED ATTENTIONS; MICRO PROCESS ENGINEERING; MICRO-CHANNEL DEVICES; MICROSTRUCTURED DEVICES; OPERATIONAL SCALE; TRANSPORT DISTANCES; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ABSORPTION; BARK STRIPPING; DISTILLATION; GRAVITATION; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; MIXTURES; POROUS PLATES; STRIPPING (REMOVAL);

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84887016339     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2013.07.031     Document Type: Article

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