Continuous Contactor with Partly Overlapping Channels

2 Continuous Contactor with Partly Overlapping Channels 

Solute transfer can occur between immiscible phases each flowing in separate adjacent, but displaced microcharmels, only having a small conduit at which the fluid interface is stable (partial overlap) [53,54]. 

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Figure 4.31 Cut through a continuous contactor with partly overlapping channels revealing rectangular and semicircular channels at adjacent but displaced positions (by courtesy of J. Shaw, CRL) [267],...

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