Preparation of monodisperse multiple emulsions at high production rates by multi-stage premix membrane emulsification
Preparation of monodisperse multiple emulsions at high production rates by multi-stage premix membrane emulsification
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DOI:
10.1016/j.memsci.2004.07.008
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发表时间:
2004-11
影响因子:
9.5
通讯作者:
G. Vladisavljević;M. Shimizu;T. Nakashima
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作者:
G. Vladisavljević;M. Shimizu;T. Nakashima
Multiple W/O/W emulsions have been prepared by multi-stage (repeated) premix membrane emulsification using Shirasu-porous glass (SPG) membrane with a mean pore size of 10.7μm. A coarse emulsion containing droplets with a mean particle size of about 100μm was homogenized 5–6 times through the same membrane at a constant pressure difference of 20–300kPa to achieve additional droplet homogenization and size reduction. The optimum conditions with regard to particle size uniformity were three homogenization cycles at a pressure difference of 100kPa, under which the mean size of outer W/O particles was 9μm and the span of particle size distribution was as low as 0.28. The optimum pressure difference in a single-stage process was higher, but the particle size distribution of prepared emulsions was broader than in a multi-stage process at smaller pressures. The transmembrane flux was in the range of 1.8–37m3m−2h−1and increased with increasing pressure difference and decreasing the content of W/O particles. The mean size of W/O particles in each cycle was remarkably constant over a wide range of their concentration of 1–60vol.%.