Preliminary Program subject to change
TB005 Microfluidics and Microreactor Applications to Energy Generation
OverviewThis session will present papers on the application of microfluidic devices and microreactors to energy generation processes. Microscale transport phenomena encountered in such devices for energy conversion applications will also be of interest.
Primary SponsorTopical B: Energy Processes (TB)

Chair

Masahiro Kawaji
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
University of Toronto
200 College Street
Toronto, ON M5S 3E5
Canada
Phone Number: 416-978-3064
Fax Number: 416-978-8605
Email: kawaji@ecf.utoronto.ca

CoChair

Norbert Kockmann
Associate Professor
Laboratory for Design of Microsystems
Institute of Microsystem Technology - IMTEK
George-Koehler-Allee 102
Freiburg, D-79110
Germany
Phone Number: +49 761 203 7499
Email: kockmann@imtek.de
Investigation of Gas-Liquid Slug Formation in a Microchannel T-Junction
Rafael Santos, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada and Masahiro Kawaji, Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Miniaturization Aspects of Thermodynamic Cycle Processes for Mobile Energy Generation
Norbert Kockmann, Process Optimization, Lonza, Visp, Switzerland
Enhanced Gas Turbine Process with Microstructured Devices
Norbert Kockmann, Process Optimization, Lonza, Visp, Switzerland
Experimental and Analytical Study of the Motion of a Liquid Slug and Ferrofluid in a Microchannel
Yuichi Shibata1, Tomoaki Okano1 and Masahiro Kawaji2, (1)Mechanical Engineering, Ibaraki National College of Technology, Hitachinaka, Japan, (2)Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Topical B: Emerging Energy Frontiers in Research and Innovation