Flow regimes and drop break-up in SMX and packed bed static mixers

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 73, Issue , 2012, Pages 354-365

  Baumann, A ^a,b   Jeelani, S A K ^a   Holenstein, B ^a,c   Stossel P ^a   Windhab, E J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Buhler AG   (Switzerland)

^c Chocolat Bernrain AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Drop break up; Packed bed; Specific energy dissipation; Static mixer; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

DROP DIAMETERS; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLOW REGIMES; INTERSTITIAL FLOW; KINETIC EFFECT; LIQUID-LIQUID DISPERSIONS; MEDIAN DIAMETERS; NEWTON NUMBER; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS; POWER CHARACTERISTIC; RESIDENCE TIME; REYNOLDS; SPECIFIC ENERGY; STATIC MIXERS; VOLUME FLOW RATE;

DISPERSION (WAVES); DROPS; EMULSIONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLOW RATE; LIQUIDS; PACKED BEDS; TURBULENT FLOW;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

EID: 84857470380     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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