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A modeling approach for dispersive mixing of oil in water emulsions

  • Arend Dubbelboer
  • , Jo Janssen
  • , Hans Hoogland
  • , Ashvin Mudaliar
  • , Edwin Zondervan
  • , Peter M.M. Bongers
  • , Jan Meuldijk

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    Samenvatting

    A special type of a high pressure homogenizer valve was studied for the dispersive mixing of oil-in-water emulsions. Various hydrodynamic regimes and flow fields were identified using the commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software ANSYS and, for each regime the stable droplet sizes were estimated. Experimental validation was carried out using a coarse emulsion containing 10 wt% sunflower oil stabilized with Pluronic F68, which was dispersed in the homogenizer apparatus. The change in oil droplet size with pressure drop is attributed to the high speedjet leaving the gap.

    Originele taal-2Engels
    Pagina's (van-tot)841-846
    Aantal pagina's6
    TijdschriftComputer Aided Chemical Engineering
    Volume32
    DOI's
    StatusGepubliceerd - 20 jun. 2013
    Evenement23rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE 23) - Lappeenranta, Finland
    Duur: 9 jun. 201312 jun. 2013
    Congresnummer: 23

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