Dynamic simulation of emulsion formation in a high pressure homogenizer

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2915-2925

  Håkansson, Andreas ^a   Trägårdh, Christian ^a   Bergenståhl, Björn ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Dynamic simulation; Emulsion; Fragmentation; Homogenisation; Population balance

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE REGIONS; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; COLLISION RATES; DIFFUSIVE TRANSPORTS; DISCRETE STEPS; DYNAMIC PROCESS; DYNAMIC SIMULATION; EMULSION FORMATIONS; FRAGMENTATION; GENERAL TRENDS; HIGH PRESSURE HOMOGENIZER; HIGH-PRESSURE HOMOGENIZATIONS; HOMOGENISATION; HOMOGENIZATION PROCESS; POPULATION BALANCE; POPULATION BALANCE APPROACHES; PROCESS INTERACTIONS; RATE OF ADSORPTIONS; SIMULATION MODELS; SIMULATION RESULTS; SIZE EFFECTS; THREE STAGES; TIME-SCALE; VISCOUS FORCES;

ADSORPTION; COALESCENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMULSIFICATION; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; MACROMOLECULES;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 67349272730     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.03.034     Document Type: Article

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