A high-pressure homogenization emulsification model-Improved emulsifier transport and hydrodynamic coupling

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 91, Issue , 2013, Pages 44-53

  Håkansson, Andreas ^a   Innings, Fredrik ^b   Trägårdh, Christian ^a   Bergenståhl, Björn ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Tetra Pak AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Emulsion; Homogenization; Hydrodynamics; Population balance; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COALESCENCE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DROPS; EMULSIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE;

BIVARIATE; DIFFERENT SIZES; HIGH PRESSURE HOMOGENIZATION; HIGH-PRESSURE HOMOGENIZERS; HOMOGENIZATION; HYDRODYNAMIC COUPLING; MODELLING FRAMEWORK; POPULATION BALANCES; PRODUCTION SCALE; TWO-POINT;

EMULSIFICATION;

EID: 84873268830     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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