A numerical study on liquid mixing in multichannel micromixers

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 390-401

  Su, Yuanhai ^a,b   Lautenschleger, Anna ^a   Chen, Guangwen ^b   Kenig, Eugeny Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^b DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PROCEDURE; DISTRIBUTOR DESIGNS; FLUID DISTRIBUTION; MIXING PERFORMANCE; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; SINGLE MICROCHANNEL; SPECIFIC ENERGY DISSIPATIONS; STANDARD DEVIATION;

BATCH REACTORS; DESIGN; ENERGY DISSIPATION; LIQUIDS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; OPTIMIZATION;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 84892170270     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie401924x     Document Type: Article

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