Manufacture of controlled emulsions and particulates using membrane emulsification

Qingchun Yuan; Ruozhou Hou; Nita Aryanti; Richard A. Williams; Simon Biggs; Simon Lawson; Helen Silgram; Manish Sarkar; Richard Birch

doi:10.1016/j.desal.2007.02.095

Manufacture of controlled emulsions and particulates using membrane emulsification

Qingchun Yuan, Ruozhou Hou, Nita Aryanti, Richard A. Williams, Simon Biggs, Simon Lawson, Helen Silgram, Manish Sarkar, Richard Birch

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Crossflow and rotating membrane emulsification techniques were used for making oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions. The emulsions produced from a variety of oils and monomers (viscosity 7-528 mPas) exhibited narrow size distributions over a wide droplet size range, with the average droplet size ranging from less than 1 μm up to 500 μm. The monomer emulsions were further encapsulated to produce microcapsules through subsequent polymerisation reactions. The monodispersity feature of the primary emulsions was retained after the encapsulation. In comparison with other homogenisation methods, our experimental results demonstrated that the membrane emulsification technique is not only superior in emulsion droplet size controls, but also advantageous in energy efficiency and industrial-scale productions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	215-220
Number of pages	6
Journal	Desalination
Volume	224
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2007.02.095
Publication status	Published - 15 Apr 2008
Externally published	Yes

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