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Drop size in power law non‐newtonian systems
Author(s) -
Skelland A. H. P.,
Raval V. K.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450500108
Subject(s) - non newtonian fluid , newtonian fluid , mechanics , drop (telecommunication) , shear thinning , nozzle , rheology , materials science , power law , thermodynamics , mathematics , physics , engineering , mechanical engineering , statistics
Drop volume studies were made by forming non‐Newtonian pseudoplastic drops in a continuous toluene phase and chlorobenzene drops in non‐Newtonian continuous phases. Combination of results for these cases enabled development of a correlation for the prediction of non‐Newtonian drop volume in a non‐Newtonian continuous phase. The development is confined to power law fluids and provides expressions for both long and short nozzles in terms of a two‐stage drop formation process. Variables included nozzle size, formation time, and rheological properties from eight non‐Newtonian systems in a program of 144 runs.