| Fluid mixing and particle suspension in a novel microreactor (2003) | |||||||||||||
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| Conference SSCHE Proceedings ROM Tatransk Matliare May Fluid mixing and particle suspension novel microreactor Harvey Mackley Reis Teixeira Vicente Department Chemical Engineering University Cambridge New Museum Site Pembroke Centro Engenharia Biol gica Universidade Minho Campus Gualtar Braga Street Cambridge Phone Fax Portugal Phone Fax Keywords continuous microreactor CFD PIV oscillatory flow heterogeneous catalysis Introduction catalysis and reaction engineering new reactor designs micro scale are desirable which could guarantee scale down the production high valuable products decreasing the reagents needs and the industrial unit space requirements Thus new reactor design should guarantee good fluid mixing for applications the manufacture specialty chemicals but also able keep particles suspended with high range densities for several industrial purposes such combinatorial homogenous heterogeneous and high throughput screening catalysis Furthermore sequential reactions are frequent use these kinds industries and single reactor volume able perform different reactions would very useful novel continuous reactor composed micro scaled tubes and based oscillatory flow technology presented new solution for those industrial applications Since the early studies have shown that periodically spaced orifice baffles along the length tube with net flow coupled with reversing oscillatory component the correct magnitude give high fluid mixing and narrow residence time distribution Brunold | |||||||||||||
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