Theoretical Model for Drop and Bubble Breakup in Turbulent Dispersions

AIChE Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1225-1233

  Luo, Hean ^a   Svendsen, Hallvard F ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAKUP; BUBBLES; DISPERSIONS; DROPS; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; TURBULENT;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CALCULATIONS; DROP BREAKUP; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; TURBULENCE;

BUBBLE BREAKUP; DAUGHTER PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE THEORY; PARTICLE BREAKAGE RATE; TURBULENT DISPERSION;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 0030141789     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690420505     Document Type: Article

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