Optimization of a scalable photochemical reactor for reactions with singlet oxygen

Organic Process Research and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1443-1454

  Loponov, Konstantin N ^a   Lopes, Joao ^a   Barlog, Maciej ^b   Astrova, Ekaterina V ^c   Malkov, Andrei V ^d   Lapkin, Alexei A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTIMIZATION; OXYGEN; OXYGENATION; REACTION KINETICS;

CONTINUOUS FLOWS; ELEVATED OXYGEN PRESSURE; MICRO-FLUIDIC REACTORS; OPTIMIZATION MODELING; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTOR; REACTOR GEOMETRIES; SINGLET OXYGEN; SPECTRAL COMPOSITION;

PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

EID: 84913532756     PISSN: 10836160     EISSN: 1520586X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/op500181z     Document Type: Article

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