Droplet detachment in cross-flow membrane emulsification: Comparison among torque- and force-based models

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1150-1158

  De Luca, Giorgio ^a   Di Maio, Francesco P ^b   Di Renzo, Alberto ^b   Drioli, Enrico ^a  

^a INSTITUTE ON MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Droplet detachment; Force balance modelling; Membrane emulsification; Torque balance modelling

Indexed keywords

EMULSIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TORQUE;

DROPLET DETACHMENT; FORCE BALANCE MODELING; MEMBRANE EMULSIFICATION; TORQUE BALANCE MODELING;

DROPS;

DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TORQUE;

EID: 43549103526     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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