High resolution experimental measurement of turbulent flow field in a high pressure homogenizer model and its implications on turbulent drop fragmentation

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1790-1801

  Håkansson, Andreas ^a   Fuchs, Laszlo ^b   Innings, Fredrik ^c   Revstedt, Johan ^b   Trägårdh, Christian ^a   Bergenståhl, Björn ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Tetra Pak AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emulsion; Fragmentation; Homogenization; Hydrodynamics; Particle image velocimetry; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FRAGMENTATION; GAP FLOWS; GAP HEIGHT; HIGH PRESSURE HOMOGENIZER; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; HOMOGENIZATION; HOMOGENIZERS; KOLMOGOROV; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PRODUCTION SCALE; TURBULENT ENERGIES; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

EMULSIFICATION; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; SPECTROSCOPY; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCIMETERS;

VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 79952250043     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.01.026     Document Type: Article

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