Influence of shear on particle size and fractal dimension of whey protein precipitates: Implications for scale-up and centrifugal clarification efficiency

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 57, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 3767-3779

  Byrne, Edmond P ^a   Fitzpatrick, John J ^a   Pampel, Lars W ^b   Titchener Hooker, Nigel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fractals; Mixing; Particle formation; Precipitation; Scale up; Separations

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGATION; FRACTALS; FRACTIONATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PROTEINS; TURBULENCE;

BATCH VESSELS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATION; CLARIFIER; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION; PROTEIN;

EID: 0036756363     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(02)00315-9     Document Type: Article

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