On the applicability of the Grace curve in practical mixing operations

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1-6

  Stegeman, Yvonne W ^a,b   Van De Vosse, Frans N ^a   Meijer, Han E H ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Blends; Droplet elongation rate; Grace curve

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CAPILLARY FLOW; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; VISCOSITY;

CRITICAL CAPILLARY NUMBERS; ELONGATION; INDUSTRIAL MIXERS; VISCOSITY RATIO DROPLETS;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

BLEND; FLOW FIELD; MIXING; VISCOSITY;

ARTICLE; FLOW KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIXER; REACTION TIME; SHEAR RATE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0842280919     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450800414     Document Type: Article

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