Turbulent liquid-liquid dispersion in SMV static mixer at high dispersed phase concentration

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 5762-5774

  Lobry, Emeline ^a,b   Theron, Félicie ^a   Gourdon, Christophe ^a   Le Sauze, Nathalie ^a   Xuereb, Catherine ^a   Lasuye, Thierry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b Laboratorios Leti SAV   (France)

Author keywords

Emulsion; High dispersed phase concentration; Multiphase flow; On line Turbiscan; Static mixer; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

DISPERSED PHASE; DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS; DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; HIGH-DISPERSED; LIQUID-LIQUID DISPERSIONS; OIL-IN-WATER; ON-LINE TURBISCAN; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; RESIDENCE TIME; REYNOLDS; SAUTER MEAN DIAMETERS; SMV STATIC MIXERS; STATIC MIXERS; SURFACTANT; SURFACTANTS ADSORPTION; WEBER NUMBERS;

ADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSIONS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 80053251932     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.06.073     Document Type: Article

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