ISSN:
0001-1541
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
Friction lossess, velocity distributions, and drop size distributions were obtained for unstable liquid-liquid dispersions in turbulent flow. The friction losses and velocity profiles were used to determine effective viscosities which were correlated by the Einstein relation for dispersions in which μd/μc ≤ 15. When μd/μc ≈ 200 the dispersion could not be considered as a single-phase fluid and exhibited non-Newtonian characteristics. Drop size distributions were obtained from photographs of the flowing dispersion. These drop size distributions provided information concerning drop breakup and coalescence in the circulation system. From drop size distribution and effective viscosity measurements a criterion was obtained to determine if a dispersion could be treated as a homogeneous single-phase fluid.
Additional Material:
18 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aic.690130229