Single droplet breakup in a rotor-stator mixer

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 181, Issue , 2018, Pages 186-198

  Ashar, Mohamed ^a   Arlov, Dragana ^b   Carlsson, Fredrik ^c   Innings, Fredrik ^b,d   Andersson, Ronnie ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Tetra Pak AB   (Sweden)

^c FS Dynamics Sweden AB   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Droplet breakup; Rotor stator mixer; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); PROBABILITY; STATORS; TURBULENCE;

BREAK-UP PROBABILITY; DIFFERENT OPERATING CONDITIONS; DOWNSTREAM REGION; DROPLET BREAKUP; MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATIONS; ROTOR-STATOR MIXER; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; VORTEX INTERACTIONS;

DROP BREAKUP;

EID: 85042324644     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2018.02.021     Document Type: Article

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