Electro-coalescence of water drops in oils under pulsatile electric fields

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 120, Issue , 2014, Pages 130-142

  Mousavi, S H ^a,b   Ghadiri, M ^a   Buckley, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Drop drop coalescence; Drop interface coalescence; Electro coalescence; Pulsatile electric field; Secondary droplets; Threshold frequency

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; OIL SHALE;

COALESCENCE PATTERN; DROP COALESCENCE; ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; INTERFACE INTERACTION; PARTIAL COALESCENCE; SECONDARY DROPLETS; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; THRESHOLD FREQUENCY;

DROPS;

EID: 84907275114     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2014.08.055     Document Type: Article

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