Open AccessOn the Influence of Geometric Parameters of a Combined Orifice Valve on the Attainable Mean Droplet Diameter during High‐Pressure Homogenization
Author(s) -
Schultz S.,
Wagner G.,
Ulrich J.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
engineering in life sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.547
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1618-2863
pISSN - 1618-0240
DOI - 10.1002/1618-2863(20021105)2:11<337::aid-elsc337>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - homogenization (climate) , body orifice , materials science , emulsion , mechanics , composite material , process engineering , biological system , mechanical engineering , chemical engineering , engineering , physics , biodiversity , ecology , biology
To meet the demands of the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries for decreasing emulsion droplet sizes, new dispersing units are developed. A novel dispersing unit is a combined orifice valve. For further increasing its efficiency, experiments have been performed with model emulsions in order to investigate the influence of some particular geometrical parameters on the homogenization result. From the data obtained it can be concluded that the new dispersing unit still has an optimizing potential.