| Autor: |
J. R. Burns, C. Ramshaw, A. J. Bull, P. Harston |
| Rok vydání: |
1998 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Microreaction Technology ISBN: 9783642720789 |
| DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-642-72076-5_14 |
| Popis: |
The technology needed to produce structures at micro scales has improved significantly over the past few years. This has opened up new opportunities for engineering compact, efficient fluid flow systems on a micro scale. Small channels created within the microprocessors automatically involve very short diffusion, conduction and mixing path lengths, so that mass, heat and momentum transfer rates are extremely high. This allows microreactors to be produced which exert close control over stream temperatures and compositions, even for very rapid reactions. A further benefit of microengineering will come from the ability to integrate the control devices and sensors into a single unit and the combination of different units into a complete compact chemical processing system. Ultimately microengineering is another arm of process intensification and as such should considerably enhance the reduction of plant size and the improvement of plant safety. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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