Predicting the effects of surfactant coverage on drop size distributions of homogenized emulsions

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 89, Issue , 2013, Pages 102-114

  Maindarkar, Shashank N ^a   Bongers, Peter ^b   Henson, Michael A ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Effect of surfactant concentration; Emulsions; High pressure homogenization; Particle size distributions; Population balance equation models; Surfactant coverage

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; FORECASTING; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRODUCT DESIGN; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

DROP COALESCENCE; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; EMULSION SYSTEMS; HIGH PRESSURE HOMOGENIZATION; MASS BALANCE; MODEL PARAMETERS; NON-LINEAR OPTIMIZATION; OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS; PLURONIC-F68; PLURONICS; POPULATION BALANCE EQUATION; SATISFACTORY PREDICTIONS; SURFACE COVERAGES; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84871779358     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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