Process intensification of copper chromite (CuCr2O4) nanoparticle production using continuous flow microreactor

Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification

Volumn 89, Issue , 2015, Pages 28-34

  Appalakutti, Sumanth ^a   Sonawane, Shirish ^a   Bhanvase, Bharat A ^b   Mittal, Vikas ^c   Ashokkumar, Muthupandian ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b LAXMINARAYAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Batch; Calcinations; Copper chromite nanoparticles; Microreactor; Particle size

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTORS; CALCINATION; CHROMITE; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; METAL IONS; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; NITRATES; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

BATCH; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; CONTINUOUS FLOW MICROREACTORS; COPPER CHROMITE; MICRO CHANNEL REACTORS; MICRO-REACTOR; NANO-PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84920911802     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2014.12.012     Document Type: Article

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