Droplet break-up by in-line Silverson rotor-stator mixer

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2068-2079

  Hall, S ^a   Cooke, M ^b   El Hamouz, A ^c   Kowalski, A J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^d UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emulsification; Emulsion; Energy dissipation rate; Mixing; Rotor stator mixer; Scale up

Indexed keywords

DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLOW RATE; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; SHEAR FLOW; SILICONES; STATORS; VISCOSITY;

DROPLET BREAK-UP MECHANISMS; ENERGY DISSIPATION RATE; IN-LINE ROTOR-STATOR MIXERS; KOLMOGOROV LENGTHS; ROTOR-STATOR MIXER; SCALE-UP; VISCOSITY RATIOS; WEAK DEPENDENCES;

ROTORS;

EID: 79953059008     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.01.054     Document Type: Article

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