Drop formation in a co-flowing ambient fluid

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 59, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 3045-3058

  Cramer, Carsten ^a   Fischer, Peter ^a   Windhab, Erich J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Co flowing fluid; Dispersing device; Dripping; Drop breakup; Emulsion; Liquid jet; Monodisperse droplets; Multiphase flow; Satellite drops; Uniform droplets

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; JETS; LAMINAR FLOW; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SURFACE TENSION;

AMBIENT FLUIDS; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS;

DROP FORMATION;

DROPLET; EMULSION; LAMINAR FLOW; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 3042701171     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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