On the evaluation of droplet breakage and coalescence rates in an oscillatory baffled reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2101-2114

  Ni, X ^a   Mignard, D ^a   Saye, B ^a   C Johnstone, J ^a   Pereira, N ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breakage rate; Coalescence rate; Droplets; Minimisation; Oscillatory baffled reactor; Rate constants

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; DROP BREAKUP; NUMERICAL METHODS;

OSCILLATORY BAFFLED REACTOR (OBR);

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037019037     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(02)00100-8     Document Type: Article

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