Foam Engineering

Fundamentals and Applications
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-470-66080-5
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 560 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 253 mm, Gewicht: 957 g

Containing contributions from leading academic and industrial researchers, this book provides a much needed update of foam science research.

The first section of the book presents an accessible summary of the theory and fundamentals of foams. This includes chapters on morphology, drainage, Ostwald ripening, coalescence, rheology, and pneumatic foams.

The second section demonstrates how this theory is used in a wide range of industrial applications, including foam fractionation, froth flotation and foam mitigation. It includes chapters on suprafroths, flotation of oil sands, foams in enhancing petroleum recovery, Gas-liquid Mass Transfer in foam, foams in glass manufacturing, fire-fighting foam technology and consumer product foams.

Key features:

- Foam fractionation is an exciting and emerging technology, starting to gain significant attention
- Discusses a vital topic for many industries, especially mineral processing, petroleum engineering, bioengineering, consumer products and food sector
- Links foam science theory to industrial applications, making it accessible to an engineering science audience
- Summarizes the latest developments in this rapidly progressing area of research
- Contains contributions from leading international researchers from academia and industry

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stevenson, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Mechanische und Thermische Verfahrenstechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Editor xiii
List of Contributors xv
Preface xvii

1 Introduction 1
Paul Stevenson

Part I Fundamentals 5

2 Foam Morphology 7
Denis Weaire, Steven T. Tobin, Aaron J. Meagher and Stefan Hutzler

3 Foam Drainage 27
Stephan A. Koehler

4 Foam Ripening 59
Olivier Pitois

5 Coalescence in Foams 75
Annie Colin

6 Foam Rheology 91
Nikolai D. Denkov, Slavka S. Tcholakova, Reinhard Höhler and Sylvie Cohen-Addad

7 Particle Stabilized Foams 121
G. Kaptay and N. Babcsán

8 Pneumatic Foam 145
Paul Stevenson and Xueliang Li

9 Non-aqueous Foams: Formation and Stability 169
Lok Kumar Shrestha and Kenji Aramaki

10 Suprafroth: Ageless Two-dimensional Electronic Froth 207
Ruslan Prozorov and Paul C. Canfield

Part II Applications 227

11 Froth Phase Phenomena in Flotation 229
Paul Stevenson and Noel W.A. Lambert

12 Froth Flotation of Oil Sand Bitumen 251
Laurier L. Schramm and Randy J. Mikula

13 Foams in Enhancing Petroleum Recovery 283
Laurier L. Schramm and E. Eddy Isaacs

14 Foam Fractionation 307
Xueliang Li and Paul Stevenson

15 Gas–Liquid Mass Transfer in Foam 331
Paul Stevenson

16 Foams in Glass Manufacturing 355
Laurent Pilon

17 Fire-fighting Foam Technology 411
Thomas J. Martin

18 Foams in Consumer Products 459
Peter J. Martin

19 Foams for Blast Mitigation 477
A. Britan, H. Shapiro and G. Ben-Dor

Acknowledgements 509
References 509
Index 513

Über Autor(innen)

Stevenson, Paul
Dr Paul Stevenson is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Auckland, New Zealand. Paul has a First Class Chemical Engineering degree, and a PhD from the University of Cambridge. Paul has worked in the field of foam and its industrial applications for eight years, and has published extensively on the fundamentals of foam science and the use of foams in flotation and fractionation.