Investigation of drop breakage and coalescence in the liquid-liquid system with nonionic surfactants Tween 20 and Tween 80

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 74, Issue , 2012, Pages 181-191

  Bak, Agata ^a   Podgórska, Wioletta ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Interfacial tension; Multiphase flow; Nonionic surfactant; Population balance; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BREAKAGE MODELS; COALESCENCE RATE; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; DROP VOLUME; DROPLET SURFACES; DYNAMIC INTERFACIAL TENSION; EQUILIBRIUM INTERFACIAL TENSION; IMPELLER SPEED; LIQUID-LIQUID SYSTEMS; MULTI FRACTALS; NONIONIC; POPULATION BALANCES; RIGID SPHERE; SMALL DROPLETS; STABILIZING PROPERTIES; STIRRED TANK; SURFACE COVERAGES; SURFACE ELASTICITIES; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; TWEEN 80; TWEEN-20;

CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); DROP FORMATION; ELASTICITY; IMPELLERS; LIQUIDS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TENSION; TOLUENE; TURBULENCE;

COALESCENCE;

EID: 84858710985     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.02.021     Document Type: Article

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