Agglomeration phase

Fig. 8.1. Agglomeration phase diagram [6]. Phenomena which occur as increasing amounts of an immiscible wetting liquid are added to a solids suspension. A typical example is fine coal in water to which an organic liquid is added as bridging agent.

Positive proof is given that thermal ions or chemi-ions accelerate the nucleation process of carbon formation. On the other hand, metals which easily produce hydroxides can inhibit carbon formation, and of these, barium is the most eflBcient. Transition metals such as manganese do not seem to play a role either in the formation phase of small soot particles or in their oxidation phase. We suggest that in industrial combustion devices, their intervention occurs in the agglomeration phase from involatile oxides formed in poor combustible zones. These oxides produce positively charged solid particles which can transfer their charges to the small soot particles, and consequently they prevent the agglomeration process. 

Malamataris, S. Kiortsis, S. Wettability parameters and deformational behaviour of powder-liquid mixes in the funicular agglomeration phase. Int. J. Pharm. 1997, 154, 9-17. 

The opacifier should be distributed as evenly as possible in the fumed silica matrix. An optimal method is to mix the opacifying agent in the agglomeration phase during production. 

During the premelt agglomeration phase of the powder mixture, the level of power consumption is low and with minimal fluctuations in its magnitude (Fig. 5). 

The Beckstead-Derr-Price model (Fig. 1) considers both the gas-phase and condensed-phase reactions. It assumes heat release from the condensed phase, an oxidizer flame, a primary diffusion flame between the fuel and oxidizer decomposition products, and a final diffusion flame between the fuel decomposition products and the products of the oxidizer flame. Examination of the physical phenomena reveals an irregular surface on top of the unheated bulk of the propellant that consists of the binder undergoing pyrolysis, decomposing oxidizer particles, and an agglomeration of metallic particles. The oxidizer and fuel decomposition products mix and react exothermically in the three-dimensional zone above the surface for a distance that depends on the propellant composition, its microstmcture, and the ambient pressure and gas velocity. If aluminum is present, additional heat is subsequently produced at a comparatively large distance from the surface. Only small aluminum particles ignite and bum close enough to the surface to influence the propellant bum rate. The temperature of the surface is ca 500 to 1000°C compared to ca 300°C for double-base propellants. 

Phase Inversion (Solution Precipitation). Phase inversion, also known as solution precipitation or polymer precipitation, is the most important asymmetric membrane preparation method. In this process, a clear polymer solution is precipitated into two phases a soHd polymer-rich phase that forms the matrix of the membrane, and a Hquid polymer-poor phase that forms the membrane pores. If precipitation is rapid, the pore-forming Hquid droplets tend to be small and the membranes formed are markedly asymmetric. If precipitation is slow, the pore-forming Hquid droplets tend to agglomerate while the casting solution is stiU fluid, so that the final pores are relatively large and the membrane stmcture is more symmetrical. Polymer precipitation from a solution can be achieved in several ways, such as cooling, solvent evaporation, precipitation by immersion in water, or imbibition of... 

A most useful feature of the agglomeration technique is its ability to work with extreme fines. Even particles of less than nanometer size (ca 10 ° m) can be treated, if appropriate, so that ultrafine grinding can be appHed to materials with extreme impurity dissernination to allow recovery of agglomerates of higher purity. A number of appHcations of Hquid-phase agglomeration have reached either the commercial or semicommercial pilot scale of operation. 

Spherical, Fine-Particle Titanium Dioxide. Spherical, fine-particle titanium dioxide that has no agglomeration and of mono-dispersion can be manufactured by carrying out a gas-phase reaction between a tetraalkyl titanate vapor and methanol vapor in a carrier gas to form an initial fine particle, which can then be hydrolyzed with water or steam (572). 

Suspensions of oil in water (32), such as lanolin in wool (qv) scouring effluents, are stabilized with emulsifiers to prevent the oil phase from adsorbing onto the membrane. Polymer latices and electrophoretic paint dispersions are stabilized using surface-active agents to reduce particle agglomeration in the gel-polarization layer. 

Flexible foams are three-dimensional agglomerations of gas bubbles separated from each other by thin sections of polyurethanes and polyureas. The microstmetures observed in TDI- and MDI-based flexible foams are different. In TDI foams monodentate urea segments form after 40% conversion, foUowed by a bidentate urea phase, which is insoluble in the soft segment. As the foam cures, annealing of the precipitated discontinuous urea phase... 

The use of a water-immiscible Hquid to separate coal from impurities is based on the principle that the coal surface is hydrophobic and preferentially wetted by the nonaqueous medium whereas the minerals, being hydrophilic, remain suspended in water. Hence, separation of two phases produces a clean coal containing a small amount of a nonaqueous Hquid, eg, oil, and an aqueous suspension of the refuse. This process is generally referred to as selective agglomeration. 

Nomenclature. Colloidal systems necessarily consist of at least two phases, the coUoid and the continuous medium or environment in which it resides, and their properties gready depend on the composition and stmcture of each phase. Therefore, it is useful to classify coUoids according to their states of subdivision and agglomeration, and with respect to the dispersing medium. The possible classifications of colloidal systems are given in Table 2. The variety of systems represented in this table underscores the idea that the problems associated with coUoids are usuaUy interdisciplinary in nature and that a broad scientific base is required to understand them completely. 

Characterization. The proper characterization of coUoids depends on the purposes for which the information is sought because the total description would be an enormous task (27). The foUowiag physical traits are among those to be considered size, shape, and morphology of the primary particles surface area number and size distribution of pores degree of crystallinity and polycrystaUinity defect concentration nature of internal and surface stresses and state of agglomeration (27). Chemical and phase composition are needed for complete characterization, including data on the purity of the bulk phase and the nature and quaHty of adsorbed surface films or impurities. 

The segments derived from the condensation reaction of the butanediol and the diisocyanate agglomerate into separate phases, which are hard and crystalline. The elastomeric chains are thus cross-linked to form a network similar in many ways to that given by the simple... 

Operating holdup contributes effectively to mass-transfer rate, since it provides residence time for phase contact and surface regeneration via agglomeration and dispersion. Static holdup is hmited in its contribution to mass-transfer rates, as indicated by Thoenes and Kramers [Chem. Eng. ScL, 8, 271 (1958)]. In laminar regions holdup in general has a negative effecl on the efficiency of separation. 

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