Evolution of dispersed drops during the mixing of mineral oil and water phases in a stirringtank

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 91, Issue , 2013, Pages 173-179

  Wang, Wei ^a   Liu, Jia ^a   Wang, Pengyu ^a   Duan, Jimiao ^a   Gong, Jing ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Chord length distribution; Coalescence; Dispersion; Drop; Mixing; Phase change

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; DROPS; MINERAL OILS; MIXING;

CHORD LENGTH DISTRIBUTION; CHORD LENGTHS; CONTINUOUS MIXING; DISPERSED DROPLETS; DROP COALESCENCE; FOCUSED BEAMS; INVERSION PROCESS; MAIN PARAMETERS; MEAN SQUARE; NUMBER DENSITY; OIL-WATER; PHASE CHANGE; WATER PHASIS;

COALESCENCE;

EID: 84873520813     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.11.022     Document Type: Article

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