A theoretical model for droplet breakup in turbulent dispersions

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 766-776

  Han, Luchang ^a   Luo, He'an ^a   Liu, Yuejin ^a  

^a XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Breakup; Daughter size distribution; Droplet; Energy constraint; Surface oscillation; Turbulent dispersion

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; DROPS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BREAK-UP RATES; DROPLET BREAKUP; DROPLET SURFACES; ENERGY CONSTRAINT; SURFACE ENERGY DENSITY; SURFACE OSCILLATIONS; THEORETICAL MODELING; TURBULENT DISPERSION;

DROP BREAKUP;

EID: 78650714718     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.11.041     Document Type: Article

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