A Modeling approach for dispersive mixing of oil in water emulsions

Computer Aided Chemical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 841-846

  Dubbelboer, Arend ^a   Janssen, Jo ^b   Hoogland, Hans ^b   Mudaliar, Ashvin ^b   Zondervan, Edwin ^a   Bongers, Peter M M ^b   Meuldijk, Jan ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Dispersive mixing; Emulsification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879026712     PISSN: 15707946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63234-0.50141-X     Document Type: Chapter

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