Velocity measurements of turbulent two-phase flow in a high-pressure homogenizer model

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-114

  Håkansson, Andreas ^a   Fuchs, Laszlo ^b   Innings, Fredrik ^c   Revstedt, Johan ^b   Trägårdh, Christian ^a   Bergenståhl, Björn ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Tetra Pak AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emulsification; High pressure homogenization; Multiphase flows; Particle image velocimetry; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS PHASE; DIGITAL FILTERING; DISPERSE PHASE; HIGH PRESSURE HOMOGENIZATION; HIGH-PRESSURE HOMOGENIZERS; JET DOWNSTREAM; LARGE LENGTH-SCALE; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; REFRACTIVE INDEX MATCHING; REYNOLDS STRESS; SCALE MODELS; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENT TWO-PHASE FLOWS; VELOCITY FIELD;

EMULSIFICATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; KINETIC ENERGY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PHASE MODULATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 84867262590     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: 15635201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986445.2012.691921     Document Type: Article

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