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Breakup of relatively low‐concentrated O/W emulsion jets
Author(s) -
Kitamura Yoshiro,
Kizu Kyoko,
Takahashi Teruo
Publication year - 1985
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.5450630209
Subject(s) - breakup , emulsion , drop (telecommunication) , kerosene , nozzle , weber number , homogeneous , materials science , jet (fluid) , newtonian fluid , mechanics , chemistry , thermodynamics , physics , turbulence , reynolds number , telecommunications , biochemistry , computer science
The breakup of emulsion jets ejected downward into air from a nozzle has been investigated experimentally, and the breakup length of jets and the drop size for kerosene‐water emulsions have been measured. The concentration of the dispersed phase was less than 50 wt%, so all experimental emulsions exhibited Newtonian flow. Photographic observation indicated that the emulsion jet resembled the jet of normal homogeneous liquids. The breakup length of the jet and the drop size from the jet are in good agreement with predictions from stability analysis for normal liquids.