Nourafkan, E orcid.org/0000-0002-1898-5528 (2018) Evaluation of adsorption of nonionic surfactants blend at water/oil interfaces. Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, 39 (5). pp. 665-675. ISSN 0193-2691
Abstract
The inherent biocompatibility of Span and Tween surfactants makes them an important class of nonionic emulsifiers that are employed extensively in emulsion and foam stabilization. The adsorption of Span-Tween blend at water/oil surface of emulsion has been investigated using a population balance model for the first time. Destability of emulsion was modeled by considering sedimentation, coalescence and interfacial coalescence terms in population balance equation (PBE). The terms of coalescence efficiency and interfacial coalescence time were considered as a function of surface coverage of droplets by surfactant molecules. The surface coverage at different surfactant concentrations was determined by minimization of difference between the model predictions and experimental average droplet sizes. After optimization, the surface coverage outputs were fitted with different adsorption isotherms to evaluate the adsorption behavior of Span-Tween surfactants blend at water/oil surface. The results show that Freundlich isotherm can predict the adsorption behavior of closer to the experimental observation. Moreover, fitted parameters imply the favorable adsorption of Span-Tween blend at water/oil interface.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Taylor & Francis. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology on 21 September 2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/01932691.2017.1381618. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | adsorption isotherm, population balance equation, surfactant coverage, water in oil emulsion |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Chemical & Process Engineering (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 27 Sep 2017 12:39 |
Last Modified: | 21 Sep 2018 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/01932691.2017.1381618 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:121762 |