Thin liquid film entrainment by moving solids

Abstract

The thin liquid film entrained by a continuous immersed solid pulled through a tank is of the main interest in many industrial processes. In order to appraise the state of art, it has been reviewed the experimental and theoretical studies of a solid being withdrawn horizontally from a tank. This review has revealed that the open literature is scarce. The main objective of this paper is to study the above stated problem. To this end, it has been performed a series of experiences of horizontal withdrawal of wires from a tank of water, and an approximate theoretical model has been developed.