A population balance model for disperse systems: Drop size distribution in emulsion

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1059-1066

  Chen, Zhong ^a   Prüss, Jan ^a,b   Warnecke, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drop size distribution; Emulsion; Population balance model

Indexed keywords

DROP FORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MARQUARDT'S METHOD; POPULATION BALANCE MODEL;

EMULSIONS;

AGITATOR; DROP; EMULSION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0032489066     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)00328-X     Document Type: Article

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