Kinetics of low Reynolds number creaming and coalescence in droplet dispersions

AIChE Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 149-161

  Jeelani, S A K ^a   Hosig, R ^a,b   Windhab, E J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Pizoler AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Creaming; Dispersions; Emulsions; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CAPILLARY FLOW; COALESCENCE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; DISPERSION (WAVES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

CREAMING; RAPESEED OIL DROPS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACTANT-FREE DISPERSIONS;

REYNOLDS NUMBER;

RAPESEED OIL; SURFACTANT;

COALESCENCE; DISPERSION; DROPLET; EMULSION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COALESCENCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CREAM; CREAMING; DILUTION; DISPERSION; EMULSION; EXPERIMENT; FILM; GAMMA RADIATION; KINETICS; MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SEDIMENTATION;

SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 12244259072     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10283     Document Type: Article

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