Measurement of drop size characteristics in annular centrifugal extractors using phase Doppler particle analyzer (PDPA)

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 985-997

  Tamhane, T V ^a   Joshi, J B ^a,b   Mudali, Kamachi ^c   Natarajan, R ^c   Patil, R N ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b HOMI BHABHA NATIONAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^c INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

^d Techno Force Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Annular centrifugal extractor; Drop size distribution; Liquid liquid extraction; PDPA; Power consumption; Taylor Couette flow

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGAL EXTRACTORS; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION; PDPA; TAYLOR COUETTE FLOW;

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 84864498267     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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