Microbubble generation

Recent Patents on Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Zimmerman, William B ^a   Tesař, Václav ^b   Butler, Simon ^a   Bandulasena, Himiyage C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF THERMOMECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Fluidic oscillation; High low power nucleation; Microbubble generation; Microfluidic microbubble generation

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; DISSOLUTION; MICROFLUIDICS; NOZZLES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SURFACE TENSION;

FLUIDIC OSCILLATION; MICROBUBBLE GENERATION; POWER NUCLEATION;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

EID: 42249101938     PISSN: 18722121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187221208783478598     Document Type: Review

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