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Investigation of the specific interfacial area of a palm oil–water system
Author(s) -
AlZuhair Sulaiman,
Ramachandran Kadathur B,
Hasan Masitah
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of chemical technology and biotechnology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1097-4660
pISSN - 0268-2575
DOI - 10.1002/jctb.1039
Subject(s) - palm oil , dispersion (optics) , fraction (chemistry) , volume (thermodynamics) , volume fraction , materials science , phase (matter) , pulp and paper industry , chemical engineering , petroleum engineering , chemistry , composite material , chromatography , organic chemistry , thermodynamics , engineering , food science , physics , optics
Oil–water dispersions have many important applications in the chemical and oleochemical industries. A measure of the specific interfacial area of the dispersed phase provides a direct indication of the quality of the dispersion. In this study, the specific interfacial area for the palm oil–water system was determined using a microscopic technique. The effects of oil volume fraction, agitation speed and temperature on the specific interfacial area have been determined experimentally and an empirical correlation to predict the total specific interfacial area under different operating conditions is proposed. This correlation can be used in the design of reaction and non‐reaction systems using palm oil–water dispersions. Copyright © 2004 Society of Chemical Industry