Experimental investigations of turbulent fragmenting stresses in a rotor-stator mixer. Part 1. Estimation of turbulent stresses and comparison to breakup visualizations

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 171, Issue , 2017, Pages 625-637

  Håkansson, Andreas ^a   Mortensen, Hans Henrik ^b   Andersson, Ronnie ^c   Innings, Fredrik ^b,d  

^a KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Tetra Pak AB   (Sweden)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Drop fragmentation; Emulsification; High shear mixer; Mixing; Rotor stator mixer; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

DROP BREAKUP; DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; MIXING; SHEAR FLOW; STATORS; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISUALIZATION;

DISSIPATION RATE OF TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FRAGMENTATION PROCESS; HIGH SHEAR MIXERS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; ROTOR-STATOR MIXER; TURBULENT SPECTRUM; TURBULENT STRESS;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

EID: 85021787121     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2017.06.042     Document Type: Article

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