Dispersion of water into oil in a rotor-stator mixer. Part 2: Effect of phase fraction

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2134-2141

  Rueger, Paul E ^a   Calabrese, Richard V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Drop breakup; Drop coalescence; Drop size; High shear; Liquid liquid dispersion; Phase fraction; Rotor stator mixer

Indexed keywords

DROP COALESCENCE; DROP SIZE; HIGH-SHEAR; LIQUID-LIQUID DISPERSIONS; PHASE FRACTIONS; ROTOR-STATOR MIXER;

DROP BREAKUP; DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 84888311656     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2013.06.010     Document Type: Article

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