Review on Applicable breakup/coalescence models in turbulent liquid-liquid flows

Reviews in Chemical Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 131-158

  Sajjadi, Baharak ^a   Raman, Abdul Aziz Abdul ^a   Shah, Raja Shazrin Shah Raja Ehsan ^a   Ibrahim, Shaliza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Coalescence and breakup; Deformation; Droplet size distribution; Multiphase flow; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

BREAKUP/COALESCENCE; COALESCENCE AND BREAKUPS; DAUGHTER DROPLETS; DEFORMATION MODELS; DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; LAMINAR AND TURBULENT FLOW; LIQUID-LIQUID FLOW; TURBULENT SYSTEMS;

DEFORMATION; DROP BREAKUP; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENT FLOW;

COALESCENCE;

EID: 84881483075     PISSN: 01678299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/revce-2012-0014     Document Type: Review

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