Experimental investigation of continuous single-phase rimming flow in a horizontal rotating cylinder

AIChE Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3939-3950

  Singaram, Saravanan Suppiah ^a   Lodha, Himanshu ^a   Jachuck, Roshan J ^a,b  

^a Wallace H Coulter School of Engineering   (United States)

^b Rensselaer Technology Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Coating flows; Horizontal rotating cylinder; Process intensification; Thin film flows; Transport

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FILM THICKNESS; FLOW OF WATER; INTERFEROMETRY; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

COATING FLOW; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; ROTATING CYLINDERS; THIN FILM FLOW; TRANSPORT;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84907947617     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.14569     Document Type: Article

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