16 10 Bubble Coalescence, Foams and Thin Surfactant Films THIN‐LIQUID‐FILM STABILITY AND THE EFFECTS OF SURFACTANTS THIN‐FILM ELASTICITY REPULSIVE FORCES IN THIN LIQUID FILMS FROTH FLOTATION THE LANGMUIR TROUGH
17 11 Bubble Column Evaporators THE BUBBLE COLUMN EVAPORATOR PROCESS BUBBLE WATER VAPOUR EQUILIBRATION BUBBLE RISE VELOCITY THERMAL ENERGY BALANCE IN THE BCE FURTHER APPLICATIONS OF THE BUBBLE COLUMN EVAPORATOR (BCE) BCE FOR EVAPORATIVE COOLING SEAWATER DESALINATION USING THE BUBBLE COLUMN EVAPORATOR ENHANCED SUPERSATURATED BUBBLE COLUMN DESALINATION ENHANCED BUBBLE COLUMN DESALINATION USING HELIUM AS A CARRIER GAS WATER STERILIZATION USING BCE THERMOLYSIS OF SOLUTES IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION INHIBITION OF PARTICLE GROWTH IN A BCE SAMPLE QUESTIONS
18 Appendices APPENDIX 1 APPENDIX 2 APPENDIX 3
19 Index
List of Tables
2 Chapter 2Table 2.1
3 Chapter 3Table 3.1 Experimental results of the degassing effects on cavitation observe...
4 Chapter 5Table 5.1
5 Chapter 7Table 7.1
6 Chapter 9Table 9.1Table 9.2Table 9.3Table 9.4 Critical Coagulation Concentrations (in mM).
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 1Figure 1.1 Scanning electron microscope image of dried mono‐disperse silica ...Figure 1.2 Schematic diagram to illustrate the complete bonding of liquid mo...Figure 1.3 Water molecules form hydrogen bonds with the silanol groups at th...Figure 1.4 Water molecules can only weakly interact (by vdw forces) with a m...Figure 1.5 A non‐wetting water droplet on the surface of methylated, hydroph...Figure 1.6 Clean glass flask with water wetting film and start of mist layer...
2 Chapter 2Figure 2.1 Photograph of a soap bubble.Figure 2.2 Photograph of flat soap film with a variety of drainage thickness...Figure 2.3 Diagram of a soap film stretched on a wire frame.Figure 2.4 Diagram of a spherical air bubble in water.Figure 2.5 Schematic illustration of particles (e.g. boiling chips) used to ...Figure 2.6 Photograph and diagram of a pendant liquid drop in air at the end...Figure 2.7 Example of a theoretical calculation of the shape of a liquid dro...Figure 2.8 Schematic diagram of the rise of a liquid that wets the inside wa...Figure 2.9 Schematic diagram of the shape of the meniscus for complete wetti...Figure 2.10 Schematic diagram of the concentration of fruit juice via water ...Figure 2.11 The calculated Laplace pressure generated across a curved interf...Figure 2.12 Schematic diagram showing that the equilibrium vapour pressure c...Figure 2.13 Capillary condensation of water vapour into a crack.Figure 2.14 Diagram of a sessile droplet.Figure 2.15 Graph of the relative vapour pressure against radius of the corr...Figure 2.16 Diagram of the Wilhelmy plate method for measuring the surface t...Figure 2.17 Ideal experiment designed to measure the work required to create...Figure 2.18 An advancing water droplet on Teflon.Figure 2.19 Diagram of a sessile droplet.Figure 2.20 Diagram of the three‐phase line and its perturbation to determin...Figure 2.21 Balance of surface energies at the TPL gives the Young equation ...Figure 2.22 Typical plot of the measured contact angles of a range of liquid...Figure 2.23 Diagram of a bubble selectively collecting hydrophobic particles...Figure 2.24 Two spherical particles held together by a water meniscus.Figure 2.25 Colloidal particle attached to a solid surface by a water menisc...Figure 2.26 Schematic diagram of a cylindrical rod pulled from a liquid surf...Figure 2.27 Illustration