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Food Technology and Biotechnology, Vol. 57 No. 2, 2019.

Preliminary communication

https://doi.org/10.17113/ftb.57.02.19.5725

Microreactor Production by PolyJet Matrix 3D-Printing Technology: Hydrodynamic Characterization

Mladen Šercer ; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Ivana Lučića 5, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Tonči Rezić ; Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Damir Godec ; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Ivana Lučića 5, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Damir Oros ; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Ivana Lučića 5, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Ana Pilipović ; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Ivana Lučića 5, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Franjo Ivušić ; Croatian Academy of Science and Arts, Vlaha Bukovca 14, 20000 Dubrovnik
Iva Rezić ; Faculty of Textile Technology, Prilaz b. Filipovića 28a, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Martina Andlar ; Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Roland Ludwig ; Department of Food Sciences and Technology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria
Božidar Šantek ; Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

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Abstract

This work investigates the methodology of producing a 3D-printed microreactor from the acrylic resin by PolyJet Matrix process. The PolyJet Matrix technology employs different materials or their combinations to generate 3D-printed structures, from small ones to complex geometries, with different material properties. Experimental and numerical methods served for the evaluation of the geometry and production of the microreactor and its hydrodynamic characterization. The operational limits of the single-phase flow in the microchannels, further improvements and possible applications of the microreactor were assessed based on the hydrodynamic characterization.

Keywords

3D printing; PolyJet Matrix process; microreactor; hydrodynamic characterization

Hrčak ID:

223881

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/223881

Publication date:

30.6.2019.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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