Experimental studies and population balance equation models for breakage prediction of emulsion drop size distributions

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2433-2447

  Raikar, Neha B ^a   Bhatia, Surita R ^a   Malone, Michael F ^a   Henson, Michael A ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Drop breakage; Drop size distributions; Emulsions; Parameter estimation; Population balance equation models

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS; BI-MODAL DISTRIBUTIONS; BREAKAGE FUNCTIONS; BREAKAGE PROCESS; CONSTANT PRESSURES; CONTINUOUS PHASE; DISPERSED PHASE; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; DROP VOLUMES; EMULSION DROPS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HOMOGENIZER; INTERFACIAL TENSIONS; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODEL PREDICTIONS; MULTIPLE DATUM; NONLINEAR LEAST-SQUARES OPTIMIZATIONS; OPERATING VARIABLES; POPULATION BALANCE EQUATION MODELS; PRESSURE CHANGES; SATISFACTORY PREDICTIONS; TURBULENT EDDIES; TURBULENT SHEARS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; FORECASTING; METAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENCE;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 64049095778     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.01.062     Document Type: Article

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