Membrane emulsification using membranes of regular pore spacing: Droplet size and uniformity in the presence of surface shear

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 323, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 414-420

  Egidi, Emanuela ^a   Gasparini, Gilda ^a   Holdich, Richard G ^a   Vladisavljević, Goran T ^a   Kosvintsev, Serguei R ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b The Innovation Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emulsification; Force balance; Push off force; Sieve membrane; Stirred cell

Indexed keywords

DRAG; DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; PUMPS; SOLUTIONS; SUNFLOWER OIL;

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; DROP DETACHMENT; FORCE BALANCES; MEMBRANE EMULSIFICATION; MEMBRANE SURFACE; PUSH-OFF FORCE; SIEVE-MEMBRANE; STIRRED CELLS;

MEMBRANES;

POLYSORBATE 20; SUNFLOWER OIL;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; EMULSION; FLUID FLOW; PERISTALTIC PUMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; SHEAR STRESS; SYRINGE;

EID: 50249130266     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.06.047     Document Type: Article

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