Size distribution function of droplet in liquid-liquid mixing and bubble in gas-liquid mixing, crystal in crystallization and crushed product in crushing
K. Ogawa et al., Size distribution function of droplet in liquid-liquid mixing and bubble in gas-liquid mixing, crystal in crystallization and crushed product in crushing, J CHEM EN J, 34(5), 2001, pp. 627-633
The size distribution function of particles that present as droplets in liq
uid-liquid mixing, bubbles in gas-liquid mixing, crystals in crystallizatio
n, and crushed materials in crushing, is examined based on consideration of
the balance of the external and the internal force/energy of the particle,
and from the viewpoint of information entropy. Then, a new size distributi
on function (PSF), which is the product of the original size distribution f
unction and the realizable probability function of the size of particles, i
s presented. The same formula style as that of newly presented PSF can be d
erived also by balancing the external energy calculated from the energy spe
ctrum density distribution function (ESF) for the turbulent flow field and
the internal force/energy of particles. Additionally, it is clarified that
the size distribution of eddies in the turbulent flow can be deduced from t
he same viewpoint by considering that a large eddy is segmented by external
force/energy and the style of the distribution is isomorphic with that of
ESF,
In addition, the usefulness of newly presented PSF is clarified by fitting
it to the data generated by the traditional three common unimodal PSF; Rosi
n-Rammler, Normal and Log-Normal size distribution functions, The main adva
ntages of the newly presented PSF are that it is defined based on a clear p
hysical background and that, for all practical purposes, it can replace the
three common PSF, Therefore, this newly presented PSF provides a means of
presenting and comparing the different size distribution patterns in terms
of a single mathematical expression.