Drying of Droplet Containing Insoluble Nanoscale Particles: Numerical Simulations and Parametric Study

Drying Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1790-1807

  Maurice, Uri ^a   Mezhericher, Maksim ^b   Levy, Avi ^a   Borde, Irene ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b SAMI SHAMOON COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diffusion coefficient; Droplet drying; Morphology; Nanoscale particle; Parametric study

Indexed keywords

DROPLET DRYING; MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; NANOSCALE PARTICLES; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGIES; SOLID DIFFUSIONS; TRANSITION PERIOD;

DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; DROPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES;

DRYING;

EID: 84887113827     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2013.823443     Document Type: Article

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