Predicting the sizes of toluene-diluted heavy oil emulsions in turbulent flow Part 2: Hinze-Kolmogorov based model adapted for increased oil fractions and energy dissipation in a stirred tank

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 7325-7335

  Angle, Chandra W ^a   Hamza, Hassan A ^a  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breakage; Coalescence; Droplet size prediction; Emulsions; Heavy oil; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; CRUDE PETROLEUM; EMULSIONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBULENT FLOW; VOLUME FRACTION;

DROPLET SIZE PREDICTION; MIXING SPEED; SIZE PREDICTIVE MODELS;

MIXING;

COALESCENCE; CRUDE PETROLEUM; EMULSIONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MIXING; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBULENT FLOW; VOLUME FRACTION;

EID: 33745744489     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.01.014     Document Type: Article

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