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A hydrodynamic comparisons of two different high-pressure homogenizer valve design principles: A step towards increased efficiency. Chem Eng Res Des 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2022.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Olad P, Crialesi Esposito M, Brandt L, Innings F, Hakansson A. Towards best practice recommendations for turbulence modelling of high-pressure homogenizer outlet chambers – numerical validation using DNS data. Chem Eng Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2022.117748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Håkansson A. Effect of inlet chamber design and operation conditions on laminar drop deformation in a production-scale high-pressure homogenizer– a hydrodynamic investigation. Chem Eng Res Des 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2022.02.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Preiss FJ, Rütten E, Tröster A, Gräf V, Karbstein HP. Influence of the droplet trajectory on the resulting droplet deformation and droplet size distribution in high‐pressure homogenizer orifices. CAN J CHEM ENG 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cjce.24363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Felix Johannes Preiss
- Institute of Process Engineering in Life Sciences, Chair of Food Process Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe Germany
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- Institute of Process Engineering in Life Sciences, Chair of Food Process Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe Germany
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- Institute of Process Engineering in Life Sciences, Chair of Food Process Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe Germany
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- Department of Food Technology and Bioprocess Engineering, Max Rubner‐Institut (MRI) Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food Karlsruhe Germany
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- Institute of Process Engineering in Life Sciences, Chair of Food Process Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe Germany
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Estimating Breakup Frequencies in Industrial Emulsification Devices: The Challenge of Inferring Local Frequencies from Global Methods. Processes (Basel) 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/pr9040645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Experimental methods to study the breakup frequency in industrial devices are increasingly important. Since industrial production-scale devices are often inaccessible to single-drop experiments, breakup frequencies for these devices can only be studied with “global methods”; i.e., breakup frequency estimated from analyzing emulsification-experiment data. However, how much can be said about the local breakup frequencies (e.g., needed in modelling) from these global estimates? This question is discussed based on insights from a numerical validation procedure where set local frequencies are compared to global estimates. It is concluded that the global methods provide a valid estimate of local frequencies as long as the dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy is fairly homogenous throughout the device (although a residence-time-correction, suggested in this contribution, is needed as long as the flow is not uniform in the device). For the more realistic case of an inhomogeneous breakup frequency, the global estimate underestimates the local frequency (at the volume-averaged dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy). However, the relative error between local frequencies and global estimates is approximately constant when comparing between conditions. This suggest that the global methods are still valuable for studying how local breakup frequencies scale across operating conditions, geometries and fluid properties.
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Innings F, Alameri M, Koppmaier UH, Håkansson A. A mechanistic investigation of cell breakup in tomato juice homogenization. J FOOD ENG 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2019.109858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Guan X, Yang N, Nigam KD. Prediction of Droplet Size Distribution for High Pressure Homogenizers with Heterogeneous Turbulent Dissipation Rate. Ind Eng Chem Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b04615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Xiaoping Guan
- State Key Laboratory of Multi-phase Complex System, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 353, Beijing 100190, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multi-phase Complex System, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 353, Beijing 100190, P.R. China
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Håkansson A. Emulsion Formation by Homogenization: Current Understanding and Future Perspectives. Annu Rev Food Sci Technol 2019; 10:239-258. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-food-032818-121501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Emulsion formation by homogenization is commonly used in food production and research to increase product stability and to design colloidal structures. High-energy methods such as high-pressure homogenizers and rotor–stator mixers are the two most common techniques. However, to what extent does the research community understand the emulsion formation taking place in these devices? This contribution attempts to answer this question through critically reviewing the scientific literature, starting with the hydrodynamics of homogenizers and continuing by reviewing drop breakup and coalescence. It is concluded that although research in this field has been ongoing for a century and has provided a substantial amount of empirical correlations and scaling laws, the fundamental understanding is still limited, especially in the case of emulsions with a high-volume fraction of the disperse phase, as seen in many food applications. These limitations in the current understanding are also used to provide future perspectives and suggest directions for further investigation.
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- Andreas Håkansson
- Department of Food Technology, Engineering and Nutrition, LTH, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
- Department of Food and Meal Science, Kristianstad University, SE-291 88 Kristianstad, Sweden
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Flow pulsation plays an important role for high-pressure homogenization in laboratory-scale. Chem Eng Res Des 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2018.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Håkansson A. An experimental investigation of the probability distribution of turbulent fragmenting stresses in a high-pressure homogenizer. Chem Eng Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2017.11.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Scale-down failed – Dissimilarities between high-pressure homogenizers of different scales due to failed mechanistic matching. J FOOD ENG 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2016.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Martínez-Monteagudo SI, Yan B, Balasubramaniam VM. Engineering Process Characterization of High-Pressure Homogenization—from Laboratory to Industrial Scale. FOOD ENGINEERING REVIEWS 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s12393-016-9151-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Taghinia J, Rahman M, Tse TK, Siikonen T. CFD modeling of homogenizer valve: A comparative study. Chem Eng Res Des 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2015.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Sadeghpour Galooyak S, Dabir B, Zolfaghari M. An innovative numerical approach for simulation of emulsion formation in a Microfluidizer. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2015.09.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Dubbelboer A, Janssen J, Hoogland H, Mudaliar A, Maindarkar S, Zondervan E, Meuldijk J. Population balances combined with Computational Fluid Dynamics: A modeling approach for dispersive mixing in a high pressure homogenizer. Chem Eng Sci 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2014.06.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A high-pressure homogenization emulsification model—Improved emulsifier transport and hydrodynamic coupling. Chem Eng Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2013.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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