Numerical Simulation of Concentrated Emulsion FlowsSource: Journal of Fluids Engineering:;1998:;volume( 120 ):;issue: 004::page 824Author:Michael Loewenberg
DOI: 10.1115/1.2820744Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The macroscopic flow and detailed microphysics of a concentrated emulsion are described with three-dimensional numerical simulations. Numerical predictions for deformable drop interactions in shear-flow are in very close agreement to direct microscopic measurements. The results illustrate that drop deformation stabilizes drops against coalescence. Numerical simulations are used to describe an emulsion in shear flow at dispersed-phase volume fractions up to 30 percent. Shear-thinning viscosities and large normal stresses are found. The results are used to describe pressure-driven flow of a concentrated emulsion in a cylindrical tube. Blunted macroscopic velocity profiles and shear-thinning apparent viscosities are predicted. Our results suggest that some features of moderately concentrated emulsion flows can be predicted by an effective mean-field model.
keyword(s): Flow (Dynamics) , Computer simulation , Emulsions , Drops , Shear (Mechanics) , Shear flow , Viscosity , Pressure , Deformation , Measurement AND Stress ,
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| contributor author | Michael Loewenberg | |
| date accessioned | 2017-05-08T23:56:53Z | |
| date available | 2017-05-08T23:56:53Z | |
| date copyright | December, 1998 | |
| date issued | 1998 | |
| identifier issn | 0098-2202 | |
| identifier other | JFEGA4-27134#824_1.pdf | |
| identifier uri | http://yetl.yabesh.ir/yetl/handle/yetl/120584 | |
| description abstract | The macroscopic flow and detailed microphysics of a concentrated emulsion are described with three-dimensional numerical simulations. Numerical predictions for deformable drop interactions in shear-flow are in very close agreement to direct microscopic measurements. The results illustrate that drop deformation stabilizes drops against coalescence. Numerical simulations are used to describe an emulsion in shear flow at dispersed-phase volume fractions up to 30 percent. Shear-thinning viscosities and large normal stresses are found. The results are used to describe pressure-driven flow of a concentrated emulsion in a cylindrical tube. Blunted macroscopic velocity profiles and shear-thinning apparent viscosities are predicted. Our results suggest that some features of moderately concentrated emulsion flows can be predicted by an effective mean-field model. | |
| publisher | The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) | |
| title | Numerical Simulation of Concentrated Emulsion Flows | |
| type | Journal Paper | |
| journal volume | 120 | |
| journal issue | 4 | |
| journal title | Journal of Fluids Engineering | |
| identifier doi | 10.1115/1.2820744 | |
| journal fristpage | 824 | |
| journal lastpage | 832 | |
| identifier eissn | 1528-901X | |
| keywords | Flow (Dynamics) | |
| keywords | Computer simulation | |
| keywords | Emulsions | |
| keywords | Drops | |
| keywords | Shear (Mechanics) | |
| keywords | Shear flow | |
| keywords | Viscosity | |
| keywords | Pressure | |
| keywords | Deformation | |
| keywords | Measurement AND Stress | |
| tree | Journal of Fluids Engineering:;1998:;volume( 120 ):;issue: 004 | |
| contenttype | Fulltext |