CFD study of the effect of a fluid flow in a channel on generation of oil-in-water emulsion droplets in straight-through microchannel emulsification

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 855-863

  Kobayashi, Isao ^a   Uemura, Kunihiko ^a   Nakajima, Mitsutoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CFD; Droplet generation; Emulsification; Fluid flow; Straight through microchannel

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DROP FORMATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MICROEMULSIONS;

DROPLET GENERATION; MONODISPERSE EMULSION; STRAIGHT-THROUGH MICROCHANNEL;

EMULSIFICATION;

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DROP FORMATION; EMULSIFICATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MICROEMULSIONS;

EID: 33747639889     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: 00219592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.39.855     Document Type: Article

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