An experimental study has been made of the hydrodynamics of a stage mixer-settler to obtain appropriate design information. In this paper several tests were done according to full factorial design of experiments with high reliability, since each test recurs seven times and the results of  them are very close to each other(P=1bar and T=25 °C). Sauter diameter in each test is determined with ...

Direct numerical simulations are performed of turbulent planar Couette flow which are seeded with two-way coupled particles at low volume concentration. Based on an understanding of the development of particle stress (horizontal momentum carried vertically on average by the particle phase) in monodisperse systems at various particle Stokes numbers, several bidisperse and continuously polydisper...

In dispersed two-phase flow, experimental data indicate that the effective drag force on individual dispersed elements∗ is strongly influenced when the dispersed phase is present at high volume fractions. This appears to be true whether the DPEs are solid or fluid (i.e. droplets or bubbles). The paper first reviews the literature relating to the modelling of the drag force in densely dispersed ...

We introduce a new experimental approach to study the structural transitions of large numbers of nanoparticle-coated droplets as their volume is reduced. We use an emulsion system where the dispersed phase is slightly soluble in the continuous phase. By adding a fixed amount of unsaturated continuous phase, the volume of the droplets can be controllably reduced, causing them to buckle or crumpl...

We introduce a novel type of droplet generator that produces droplets of a volume set by the geometry of the droplet generator and not by the flow rates of the liquids. The generator consists of a classic T-junction with a bypass channel. This bypass directs the continuous fluid around the forming droplets, so that they can fill the space between the inlet of the dispersed phase and the exit of...

Experimental studies have revealed that the introduction of a small amount (0.5% by volume) permanent and chemically inert gas bubbles leads to intensification droplets disintegration in liquid–liquid system (emulsification) pulsating flow type apparatus. The liquids used were water (continuous phase) oil (dispersed at room temperature, nitrogen was as gas. hold-up φin varied range 0% 4%. volum...

a laboratory stirred tank bioreactor with six single and dual-impeller configurations was tested to obtain the optimum operating conditions for future biological processes. six impeller combinations consisting of three basic impeller types, namely rushton turbine (rt), pitched 4blade (p4b) and pitched 2blade (p2b) downward flow were investigated in 1.77 l bioreactor working volume. power consum...

In this work we have investigated the integrated diaphragm micropump as an active fluidic control approach for the on-demand generation of droplets with precisely defined size, frequency and timing. In contrast to valve-actuated devices that only modulate the flow of the dispersed phase being continuously injected, this integrated micropump allows the combination of fluidic transport and modula...