Estimation of gas and liquid slug lengths for T-shaped microreactors

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 262, Issue , 2015, Pages 1137-1143

  Miyabayashi, K ^a   Tonomura, O ^a   Hasebe, S ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gas liquid slug flow; Microreactor; Process monitoring; Slug length estimation

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTORS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; GASES; MASS TRANSFER; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PROCESS MONITORING;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GAS-LIQUID SLUG FLOW; INTERNAL CIRCULATION FLOW; LENGTH ESTIMATION; MASS TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; MICRO-REACTOR; REAL TIME MONITORING; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84910657462     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.10.075     Document Type: Article

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