Bubble size and air content of wet fibre foams in axial mixing with macro-instabilities

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 436, Issue , 2013, Pages 1130-1139

  Al Qararah, Ahmad M ^a   Hjelt, Tuomo ^a   Koponen, Antti ^a   Harlin, Ali ^a   Ketoja, Jukka A ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air content; Bubble size; Fibre suspension; Macro instability; Mixing; Wet foam

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; SHAFTS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); SURFACE TENSION;

AIR CONTENT; BUBBLE SIZE; BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; LIQUID SURFACE TENSION; MACRO INSTABILITIES; UNSTABLE MIXING; WET FOAMS;

WOOD;

AIR; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; FIBER; FLOW KINETICS; FOAM; GEOMETRY; MICROBUBBLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SHEAR RATE; SHEAR STRESS; STEADY STATE; SURFACE TENSION; TURBULENT FLOW;

AIR CONTENT; FIBERS; FOAM; MIXERS; MIXING; SURFACE TENSION; WOOD;

EID: 84884304750     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.08.051     Document Type: Article

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