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Influence of Flow Regime on Mass Transfer in Different Types of Microchannels
The performance of microstructured reactors (or microchannels) for mass-transfer-controlled liquid–liquid reactions depends on flow regimes that define the specific interfacial area for the mass transfer. In the present work, experiments were carried out to investigate the two phase-flow regimes and...
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Published in: | Industrial & engineering chemistry research 2011-06, Vol.50 (11), p.6906-6914 |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | The performance of microstructured reactors (or microchannels) for mass-transfer-controlled liquid–liquid reactions depends on flow regimes that define the specific interfacial area for the mass transfer. In the present work, experiments were carried out to investigate the two phase-flow regimes and the mass transfer at relatively high throughput for a single microchannel (of 1–18 mL/min) in five generic microchannel designs (with and without structured internal surfaces), using a nonreacting water–acetone–toluene system. When the flow results were analyzed collectively in all microchannels, six different flow regimes such as slug, slug-drop, deformed interface, parallel/annular, slug-dispersed, and dispersed flow were observed. The mass-transfer comparison shows that the microchannel with structured internal surfaces shows better performance, because it creates a very fine dispersion, providing high interfacial area, compared to other microchannels. Finally, the mass-transfer data were correlated, which can be used for a priori predictions of mass-transfer rates in microchannels. |
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ISSN: | 0888-5885 1520-5045 |
DOI: | 10.1021/ie102200j |