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Effects 0f Microfluidics on Preparative Chemistry Processes

Kashid, Madhvanand  
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Renken, Albert  
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Kiwi-Minsker, Lioubov  
July 19, 2013
Microreactors in Preparative Chemistry: Practical Aspects in Bioprocessing, Nanotechnology, Catalysis and more

This chapter deals with the effects of microfluidics on preparative chemistry processes. The main characteristic features of microstructured reactors (MSR) are their high surface area-to-volume ratio in the range from 10000 to 50000 m2/m3. Various parameters are considered when selecting a reactor for chemical reactions, such as the number of phases involved, the differences in the physical properties of the participating phases, the post-reaction separation, the inherent reaction nature, the residence time required, and the mass and heat transfer characteristics of the reactor. High rates of heat and mass transfer improve effective rates and selectivities and the elimination of transport resistances. To benefit from the advantages related to the microstructured devices, the rate of reaction should be sufficiently high to get acceptable reactant conversions at space times in the range of a few minutes or seconds.

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book part or chapter
DOI
10.1002/9783527652891.ch02
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-105010553495

Author(s)
Kashid, Madhvanand  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Renken, Albert  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Kiwi-Minsker, Lioubov  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Date Issued

2013-07-19

Publisher

wiley

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Microreactors in Preparative Chemistry: Practical Aspects in Bioprocessing, Nanotechnology, Catalysis and more
ISBN of the book

9783527652891

9783527332823

Start page

13

End page

54

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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LGRC  
Available on Infoscience
July 25, 2025
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