Alternative mechanisms of drop breakup in stirred vessels

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 53, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3269-3280

  Kumar, Sanjeev ^a,b   Ganvir, Vivek ^a,b   Satyanand, C ^a,b   Kumar, R ^a,b   Gandhi, K S ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Agitated vessel; Drop breakage; Elongational flow; Emulsion

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; EMULSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTORS; SHEAR FLOW; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

ELONGATIONAL FLOW; STIRRED VESSELS;

DROP BREAKUP;

DROPLET STRUCTURE; EMULSION; LIQUID-LIQUID MIXING; STIRRED TANK;

EID: 0032173295     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00139-0     Document Type: Article

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