Large microchannel emulsification device for mass producing uniformly sized droplets on a liter per hour scale

Green Processing and Synthesis

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 353-362

  Kobayashi, Isao ^a   Neves, Marcos A ^a,b   Wada, Yoshihiro ^c   Uemura, Kunihiko ^a   Nakajima, Mitsutoshi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric microchannel; Droplet generation; Mass production; Microchannel emulsification; Monodisperse emulsion

Indexed keywords

DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS;

ASYMMETRIC MICROCHANNEL; DISPERSED PHASIS; DROPLET GENERATION; MASS PRODUCTION; MICRO HOLES; MICROCHANNEL ARRAY; MICROCHANNEL EMULSIFICATION; MONODISPERSE EMULSIONS; SILICON MICROCHANNELS; VOLUMETRIC FLOW RATE;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 84887606764     PISSN: 21919542     EISSN: 21919550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/gps-2012-0023     Document Type: Article

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