Population balance modelling of droplet coalescence and break-up in an oscillatory baffled reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 819-828

  Hounslow, M J ^a   Ni, X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Break up; Coalescence; Droplet; Population balance

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHEMICAL REACTORS; OSCILLATIONS;

DROPLET COALESCENCE; OSCILLATION FREQUENCY;

COALESCENCE;

REACTOR;

EID: 1442286772     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2003.11.009     Document Type: Article

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