Effects of Process Parameters on an Inverse Concentrated Miniemulsion Flowing in a Microchannel

Autor: Jean-François Blanco, Claire Malafosse, Laurent E. Prat, Nathalie Le Sauze, Karine Loubière, Herve Rolland, Jean-Noël Ollagnier, Aurélie Pierre
Přispěvatelé: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS (FRANCE), Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse - Toulouse INP (FRANCE), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier - UT3 (FRANCE), Seppic (France), Laboratoire de génie chimique [ancien site de Basso-Cambo] (LGC), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, SEPPIC, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse - INPT (FRANCE)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Chemical Engineering and Technology
Chemical Engineering and Technology, Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2018, 41 (10), pp.1965-1974. ⟨10.1002/ceat.201800063⟩
ISSN: 0930-7516
1521-4125
DOI: 10.1002/ceat.201800063⟩
Popis: International audience; Emulsions are of great industrial interest due to their wide variety and end‐use properties. Microfluidics systems provide excellent control of transport phenomena. Hence, the influence of operating parameters on a concentrated inverse miniemulsion flowing in a microfluidic system was investigated. The feasibility of maintaining the emulsion in a microfluidic device was clearly demonstrated and the associated operating domain identified. Due to its influence on rheology, the effect of temperature on the droplet size distribution was quantified. Under specific conditions, a mass transfer phenomenon between the train of water drops and the smallest droplets of the emulsion was found, potentially explained by a difference in osmotic pressure between the two aqueous phases.
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