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Liquid extraction during drop formation: Effect of formation time
Author(s) -
Heideger W. J.,
Wright M. W.
Publication year - 1986
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.690320815
Subject(s) - mass transfer , drop (telecommunication) , convection , chemistry , extraction (chemistry) , mass transfer coefficient , diffusion , thermodynamics , chromatography , physics , telecommunications , computer science
This study was designed to evaluate the effects of internal droplet convection on the extraction that occurs during generation of a dispersed phase. A photographic determination of dispersed‐phase controlled mass transfer from liquid droplets in the formation stage demonstrates a strong dependence on formation time. Convection appears to control mass transfer during rapid drop formation, but an abrupt transition in transfer coefficient occurs as time of formation increases. Diffusion calculations overestimate total extraction for long formation times.