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Droplet size spectra generated in turbulent pipe flow of dilute liquid/liquid dispersions
Author(s) -
Karabelas A. J.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690240203
Subject(s) - turbulence , liquid liquid , liquid flow , flow (mathematics) , mechanics , materials science , pipe flow , spectral line , thermodynamics , chemistry , chromatography , physics , astronomy
Experiments were carried out with water dispersed in hydrocarbons at various flow rates. The measured size spectra can be well represented by either an upper limit log‐probability function or a Rosin‐Rammler type of equation with constant parameters and only one variable, the maximum drop diameter d max or d 95 . The latter can be predicted satisfactorily by a correlation based on the Hinze/Kolmogorov model of droplet breakup.