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Numerical study of the coupling between reaction and mass transfer for liquid-liquid slug flow in square microchannels

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While the benefits of miniaturisation on processes have been widely demonstrated, its impact on microfluidics and local mechanisms such as mass transfer is still little understood. The aim of this work is to simulate coupling between reaction and mass transfer in microchannels for liquid-liquid slug flow. First, the extrapolation to confined flow of the classical model used to calculate interfacial mass fluxes in reactive infinite media was studied. This model consists in estimating transferred fluxes between two phases as a function of the enhancement factor E. Its expression depends on the model used to represent interfacial mass transfer. In infinite media, Lewis and Whitman's stagnant film theory is generally preferred for its simplicity and its reliability. In the case of confined slug flow, the limitation of such a model to predict interfacial fluxes is highlighted. Secondly, the case of liquid-liquid competitive consecutive reactions in microchannels is considered. This work emphasizes the unfavourable impact of the length between droplets on selectivity. This is a direct consequence of mass transport mechanisms in microchannels.
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hal-00741867 , version 1 (15-10-2012)

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Nathalie Di Miceli Raimondi, Laurent E. Prat. Numerical study of the coupling between reaction and mass transfer for liquid-liquid slug flow in square microchannels. AIChE Journal, 2011, vol. 57, pp.1719-1732. ⟨10.1002/aic.12411⟩. ⟨hal-00741867⟩
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