Miniaturized Reactors -- Review

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บัณฑิต บุญขาว
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Miniaturized reactors are becoming a new market share in the near future because the reactors show many advantages (e.g. small size, high surface-to-volume, safety). This article reports review and challenge in research and development (R&D) of the miniaturized reactor; moreover, areas of implementations are also included. To date, R&D has focused on production in high mass, comprehension in fluid flow dynamic, integration of analytic devices, and cure for clogging problem as well as the implementations of the reactor have early been applied into chemical, pharmaceutical, biomedical, and also microelectronic productions.

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บุญขาว บ. (2022). Miniaturized Reactors -- Review. Journal of Engineering Technology Access (JETA) (Online), 2(1), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.14456/jeta.2022.1
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