Drop-breakage in agitated liquid—liquid dispersions

Abstract

Experimental data from batch vessels on cumulative volumetric drop-size distributions at various times are shown to yield useful information on probabilities of droplet-breakup as a function of drop-size. Such information is sufficient for a priori prediction of drop-sizes in agitated dispersions in batch and continuous vessels. It may also be useful in predicting heat and/or mass transfer in liquid—liquid dispersions by accounting for the simultaneity of transport processes from individual drops and droplet breakage processes.