CFD analysis of generation of soybean oil-in-water emulsion droplets using rectangular straight-through microchannels

Food Science and Technology Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 187-192

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

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspect ratio; CFD; Droplet generation; Oil in water emulsion; Rectangular channel; Straight through microchannel

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 34748924330     PISSN: 13446606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3136/fstr.13.187     Document Type: Article

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