Design and characterization of bubble-splitting distributor for scaled-out multiphase microreactors

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 236, Issue , 2014, Pages 545-554

  Hoang, Duong A ^a,b,c   Haringa, Cees ^a,b,c   Portela, Luis M ^a,b,c   Kreutzer, Michiel T ^a,b,c   Kleijn, Chris R ^a,b,c   Van Steijn, Volkert ^a,b,c  

^a JM Burgers Centre for Fluid Mechanics   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asymmetric breakup; Bubble breakup; Confinement; Microbubble; Numbering up

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; BUBBLE BREAK-UP; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; FABRICATION TOLERANCES; MICRO-BUBBLE; NON-UNIFORMITIES; NUMBERING UP;

CALCIUM; FABRICATION; PLASMA CONFINEMENT;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 84887992872     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.08.066     Document Type: Article

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