Flow patterns and oil-water dispersion in a 0.38 m diameter oscillatory baffled column

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 211-220

  Ni, Xiongwei ^a   Nelson, Greig ^a   Mustafa, Imtiaz ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Bonar Polymers Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow patterns; Oil water dispersion; Oscillatory baffled column; Power dissipation

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DISPERSIONS; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLOW PATTERNS; OILS AND FATS; OSCILLATIONS; WATER;

EDDY MIXING; ORIFICE DIAMETER; OSCILLATORY BAFFLED COLUMN; SCALE UP CORRELATION;

FLOW VISUALIZATION;

OIL; WATER;

BAFFLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW PATTERN; FLOW VISUALIZATION; OIL-WATER EMULSION;

ARTICLE; DISPERSION; ENERGY; EXTRACTION; FLOW RATE; GEOMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; OSCILLATION;

EID: 0033627087     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450780127     Document Type: Article

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