Effect of flow type, channel height, and viscosity on drop production from micro-pores

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 116, Issue , 2014, Pages 372-382

  Feigl, Kathleen ^a   Tanner, Franz X ^a   Holzapfel, Sebastian ^b,c   Windhab, Erich J ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Food Basics BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drop detachment; Emulsions; Micro pores; OpenFOAM; Simulations

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAPILLARITY; DROPS; EMULSIONS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; NUMERICAL MODELS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

AVERAGE SHEAR RATES; DROP DETACHMENT; FLUID FLUID INTERFACES; MICROPORES; MOMENTUM CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS; OPENFOAM; SIMULATIONS;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 84901832369     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2014.05.015     Document Type: Article

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