Particle Handling Techniques in Microchemical Processes

Brian S. Flowers and Ryan L. Hartman
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Brian S. Flowers: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Alabama, Box 870203, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0203, USA
Ryan L. Hartman: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Alabama, Box 870203, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0203, USA

Challenges, 2012, vol. 3, issue 2, 1-18

Abstract: The manipulation of particulates in microfluidics is a challenge that continues to impact applications ranging from fine chemicals manufacturing to the materials and the life sciences. Heterogeneous operations carried out in microreactors involve high surface-to-volume characteristics that minimize the heat and mass transport resistances, offering precise control of the reaction conditions. Considerable advances have been made towards the engineering of techniques that control particles in microscale laminar flow, yet there remain tremendous opportunities for improvements in the area of chemical processing. Strategies that have been developed to successfully advance systems involving heterogeneous materials are reviewed and an outlook provided in the context of the challenges of continuous flow fine chemical processes.

Keywords: microreactors; solids handling; plugging; heterogeneous reactions; particles; laminar flow (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A00 C00 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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