Maximum Stable Drop Diameter in Stirred Dispersions

AIChE Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1547-1552

  Lam, Andrew ^a   Sathyagal, A N ^a   Kumar, Sanjeev ^a   Ramkrishna, D ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; DISPERSIONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MIXING; PRESSURE; PROBABILITY;

BREAKAGE RATE; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; LIQUID-LIQUID DISPERSION; MAXIMUM STABLE DROP DIAMETER; MECHANICAL ENERGY; SELF SIMILARITY; STIRRED DISPERSIONS; TURBULENT PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS;

DROP BREAKUP;

DISPERSIONS; DROPS; LIQUID/LIQUID MIXTURES; STABILITY;

EID: 0030175087     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690420606     Document Type: Article

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