EFFECT OF TURBULENCE DAMPING ON THE STEADY-STATE DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION IN STIRRED LIQUID LIQUID DISPERSIONS

With the help of a recent model for the drop size distribution in stirred liquid-liquid dispersions, the effects of turbulence damping and coalescence, individually, on the characteristic drop sizes are investigated. The outcome of this work, which is based on an unstable dispersion where both coalescence and breakup occur simultaneously due to mixing, lead us to conclude that drop sizes in such systems are predominantly governed by turbulence damping, with coalescence playing an indirect role.