Theoretical analysis of the performance of a foam fractionation column

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 470, Issue 2165, 2014, Pages

  Tobin, S T ^a   Weaire, D ^a   Hutzler, S ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Analytical solutions; Foam drainage; Fractionation

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; FRACTIONATION;

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; FOAM DRAINAGE; FOAM FRACTIONATION; FRACTIONATION COLUMN; LEG LENGTH; LIMITING CASE; MODEL SYSTEM; SURFACTANT SOLUTION;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 84896931677     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2013.0625     Document Type: Article

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