Dynamic membrane emulsification (ME) refers to the formation of emulsion droplets by extruding the to-be-dispersed phase through the membrane pores into the continuous phase, and the droplet detachment occurs by a surface shear. The regular droplet detachment from the pore openings is obtained by:
- (i)
Moving the continuous phase in cross-flow, stirred, or pulsed mode
- (ii)
Moving the membranes by rotation, vibration, or oscillation
In Table 1, techniques, shear stress profile, and forces acting on a forming droplet for each membrane emulsification process are illustrated.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution.
Buying options
References
Holdich RG, Dragosavac MM, Vladisavljevic GT (2010) Membrane emulsification with oscillating and stationary membranes. Ind Eng Chem Res 49(8):3810–3817
Holdich RG, Dragosavac MM, Vladisavljevic GT, Piacentini E (2013) Continuous membrane emulsification with pulsed (oscillatory) flow. Ind Eng Chem Res 52:507–515
Peng SJ, Fellow RAW (1998) Controlled production of emulsions using a crossflow membrane: part II: industrial scale manufacture. Chem Eng Res Des 76(8):902–910
Piacentini E, Drioli E, Giorno L (2014) Pulsed back-and-forward cross-flow batch membrane emulsification with high productivity to obtain highly uniform and concentrate emulsions. J Membr Sci 453:119–125
Silva PS, Dragosavac MM, Vladisavljević GT, Bandulasena HCH, Holdich RG, Stillwell M, Williams B (2015) Azimuthally oscillating membrane emulsification for controlled droplet production. AIChE J. doi:10.1002/aic.14894
Stillwell MT, Holdich RG, Kosvintsev SR, Gasparini G, Cumming IW (2007) Stirred cell membrane emulsification and factors influencing dispersion drop size and uniformity. Ind Eng Chem Res 46(3):965–972
Vladisavljević GT, Williams RA (2006) Manufacture of large uniform droplets using rotating membrane emulsification. J Colloid Interface Sci 299(1):396–402
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2016 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this entry
Cite this entry
Piacentini, E., Imbrogno, A., Holdich, R.G. (2016). Dynamic Membrane Emulsification. In: Drioli, E., Giorno, L. (eds) Encyclopedia of Membranes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44324-8_194
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44324-8_194
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-662-44323-1
Online ISBN: 978-3-662-44324-8
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials ScienceReference Module Physical and Materials Science