TY - JOUR
T1 - A visual study of the breakdown of emulsions in porous coalescers
AU - Moses, S. F.
AU - Ng, K. M.
PY - 1985
Y1 - 1985
N2 - A two-dimensional photoetched glass flow cell was used to observe the process by which an emulsion was broken down by a granular porous coalescer. The effects of wettability, emulsion and collector zeta potentials, and emulsion droplet size on the coalescence phenomenon were studied. The possible use of a graded medium or a coalescer with mixed wettability to enhnce the coalescence process was also examined. Based on these visual studies, a set of guidelines was developed to aid in the selection of a porous coalescer for a given separation duty.
AB - A two-dimensional photoetched glass flow cell was used to observe the process by which an emulsion was broken down by a granular porous coalescer. The effects of wettability, emulsion and collector zeta potentials, and emulsion droplet size on the coalescence phenomenon were studied. The possible use of a graded medium or a coalescer with mixed wettability to enhnce the coalescence process was also examined. Based on these visual studies, a set of guidelines was developed to aid in the selection of a porous coalescer for a given separation duty.
UR - https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:A1985AWE3300020
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0022216072
U2 - 10.1016/0009-2509(85)85138-1
DO - 10.1016/0009-2509(85)85138-1
M3 - Journal Article
SN - 0009-2509
VL - 40
SP - 2339
EP - 2350
JO - Chemical Engineering Science
JF - Chemical Engineering Science
IS - 12
ER -