CFD-PBM simulation of droplets size distribution in rotor-stator mixing devices

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 155, Issue , 2016, Pages 16-26

  Qin, Chengpeng ^a,b   Chen, Chao ^a,b   Xiao, Qi ^a   Yang, Ning ^a   Yuan, Cansheng ^c   Kunkelmann, Christian ^d   Cetinkaya, Murat ^d   Mülheims, Kerstin ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c BASF Advanced Chemicals Co Ltd   (China)

^d BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Droplets breakage; Emulsification; Meso scale; Population balance modeling; Rotor stator device

Indexed keywords

DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; MIXING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STATORS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DISPERSION AND EMULSIFICATION; DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; EMULSIFICATION SYSTEMS; ENERGY MINIMIZATION MULTI SCALE; MESO SCALE; POPULATION BALANCE EQUATION; POPULATION BALANCE MODELING; ROTOR-STATOR DEVICES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84982851879     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2016.07.034     Document Type: Article

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