On the Sauter mean diameter and size distributions in turbulent liquid/liquid dispersions in a stirred vessel

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2005-2011

  Pacek, A W ^a   Man, C C ^a   Nienow, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drop size distribution; Stirred vessel; Turbulent liquid liquid dispersion

Indexed keywords

DROP FORMATION; PROBABILITY; TURBULENT FLOW;

DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; KOLMOGOROFF'S THEORY; SAUTER MEAN DROP SIZE; STIRRED VESSEL; WEBER NUMBER;

DISPERSIONS;

DROPLET; LIQUID-LIQUID MIXING; MIXING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0032511195     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00068-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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