A study of oil-water dispersion in a pulsed baffled reactor

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 305-311

  Zhang, Yanmin ^a   Ni, Xiongwei ^a   Mustafa, Imtiaz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b Bonar Polymers Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complete dispersion; Liquid liquid dispersion; Minimum oscillation frequency; Pulsed baffled reactor

Indexed keywords

OIL; SURFACTANT; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; COLLOID; DISPERSION; OSCILLATION;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; EXTRACTION; FREQUENCIES; LUBRICATING OILS; OSCILLATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VOLUME FRACTION; WATER;

BAFFLE DESIGN; COMPLETE DISPERSION; LIQUID-LIQUID DISPERSION; MINIMUM OSCILLATION FREQUENCIES; OIL WATER DISPERSION; PULSED BAFFLED REACTOR;

DISPERSIONS;

DISPERSION; REACTORS;

EID: 0030466394     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4660(199607)66:3<305::AID-JCTB517>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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