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
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From the Inside Flap
Foam is a gas-liquid multiphase mixture that has several unique properties, such as high specific surface area and high expansion ratio. These properties can be harnessed in a wide variety of process applications and products such and froth flotation, fire-fighting and bread manufacture.
Divided into two sections, the chapters describe first the physical nature or behaviour of gas-liquid foam, and then process or product applications of foam. It includes coverage of:
Foam morphology in two- and three- dimensions
Foam drainage
Changes in bubble size by coalescence and ripening
Foam rheology
Pneumatic and particle-stabilised foams
Non aqueous foams, and ‘Suprafroths’
Froth phase phenomena in mineral flotation and oil sand processing
Foams for enhanced mass transfer in fermentation processes
Foams in glass manufacturing, enhanced oil recovering, fire-fighting and consumer products
Linking the theory of foam science to industrial applications, Foam Engineering: Fundamentals and Applications summarises the state-of-the art of gas-liquid foam knowledge written by research leaders from academia and industry, and provides an accessible resource for those with an academic or practical interest in foam alike.
From the Back Cover
Foam is a gas-liquid multiphase mixture that has several unique properties, such as high specific surface area and high expansion ratio. These properties can be harnessed in a wide variety of process applications and products such and froth flotation, fire-fighting and bread manufacture.
Divided into two sections, the chapters describe first the physical nature or behaviour of gas-liquid foam, and then process or product applications of foam. It includes coverage of:
Foam morphology in two- and three- dimensions
Foam drainage
Changes in bubble size by coalescence and ripening
Foam rheology
Pneumatic and particle-stabilised foams
Non aqueous foams, and ‘Suprafroths’
Froth phase phenomena in mineral flotation and oil sand processing
Foams for enhanced mass transfer in fermentation processes
Foams in glass manufacturing, enhanced oil recovering, fire-fighting and consumer products
Linking the theory of foam science to industrial applications, Foam Engineering: Fundamentals and Applications summarises the state-of-the art of gas-liquid foam knowledge written by research leaders from academia and industry, and provides an accessible resource for those with an academic or practical interest in foam alike.
About the Author
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.
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