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Characterization & Optimization of Flow Properties in a Micro-Distillation Device
Characterization and Optimization of Flow Properties in a Micro-distillation device
Master Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree

MASTER OF SCIENCE in CHEMICAL AND PROCESS ENGINEERING
By Dhananjay Mote Advisor: Dr.-Ing. Chafika Adiche Ait Aissa Supervisor: Prof. Dr. -Ing. habil. Kai Sundmacher

Faculty of Process Systems Engineering Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany and Max-Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems Magdeburg, Germany October 2010

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to express my gratitude to Max Planck Institute for dynamics of complex technical systems and Otto-von-Guericke University-Magdeburg for providing financial support and facilities for this project. I wish to thank my thesis adviser, Dr.-Ing. Chafika Adiche Ait Aissa for her enthusiastic technical support and guidance. Her patience and attention to detail go beyond description. I would also like to thank Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Sundmacher for allowing me to conduct my thesis work here. There are many people at Max Planck institute who helped me on this project. Thorsten Shroeder provided guidance on forming the experimental set-up. MPI workshop people made invaluable contribution for assistance in the fabrication of the micro-separator. Markus Ikert supported all laboratory activities. I would also like to thank my colleagues Kashif Hussain and Tariq Bhatti for their helpful suggestions and support. I wish to thank my family and friends for their emotinal support and showing belief in me.

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Hereby I, Dhananjay Mote, certify that the presented thesis work titled “Characterization and Optimization of Flow Properties in a Micro-distillation device” was done by me. Materials obtained from other sources have been duly acknowledged in the thesis. Magdeburg, 22.10. 2010

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