Mixing and recirculation characteristics of gas-liquid Taylor flow in microreactors

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2225-2234

  Abadie, T ^a   Xuereb, C ^a   Legendre, D ^a   Aubin, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

CFD; Gas liquid Taylor flow; Microchannel; Microreactor; Mixing; Recirculation; VOF

Indexed keywords

3-DIMENSIONAL; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; GAS-LIQUID TAYLOR FLOWS; LIQUID SLUG; MICRO-REACTOR; OPERATING PARAMETERS; RECIRCULATIONS; VOF;

ASPECT RATIO; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MICROCHANNELS; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84888344831     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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