Single drop breakup experiments in stirred liquid-liquid tank

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 131, Issue , 2015, Pages 219-234

  Solsvik, Jannike ^a   Jakobsen, Hugo A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breakage time; Liquid liquid system; Number of daughter drops; Single drop breakage; Stirred tank

Indexed keywords

DROPS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; SHEAR FLOW; TANKS (CONTAINERS); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

BREAK-UP TIME; LIQUID-LIQUID SYSTEMS; LIQUID-LIQUIDS; RADIAL IMPELLER; SINGLE DROPS; STIRRED TANK; VELOCITY FIELD; VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84928317828     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2015.03.059     Document Type: Article

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