Numerical simulation and experimental study of emulsification in a narrow-gap homogenizer

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 5841-5855

  Steiner, H ^a   Teppner, R ^a   Brenn, G ^a   Vankova, N ^b   Tcholakova, S ^b   Denkov, N ^b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Drop breakup; Emulsion; Homogenisation; Hydrodynamics; Modelling; Numerical flow simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROP BREAKUP; EMULSIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOSITY;

CARRIER PHASE FLOW; HOMOGENIZATION; MODELING; NUMERICAL FLOW SIMULATIONS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROP BREAKUP; EMULSIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33745751376     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.04.016     Document Type: Article

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