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Fundamental and Applied Studies of Emulsion Stability (FASES)
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Experiment Overview

This content was provided by Daniele Clausse, Ph.D., Liberio Liggieri, Ph.D., Mickael Antoni, Ph.D., and is maintained in a database by the ISS Program Science Office.

Information provided courtesy of the Erasmus Experiment Archive.
Brief Summary

Fundamental and Applied Studies of Emulsion Stability (FASES) will examine the link between emulsion stability and the physicochemical characteristics of droplet interfaces to obtain a modelling of emulsion dynamics to be transferred to industrial applications on Earth.

Principal Investigator(s)

  • Daniele Clausse, Ph.D., Universite de Technologie Compiegne, Compiegne, France
  • Liberio Liggieri, Ph.D., Institute of Physical Chemistry of Materials, Genova, Italy
  • Mickael Antoni, Ph.D., Universite Paul Cezanne Centre St. Jerome, Marseille, France

    • Co-Investigator(s)/Collaborator(s)

  • A. Di Lullo, Italy
  • Annie Steinchen, Université Paul Cezanne, Aix-Marseille, Marseille, France
  • Christine Dalmazzone, Ph.D., Institute Francais du Petrole, Riel-Malmaison, France
  • Giuseppe Loglio, Ph.D., University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
  • Lucilla Del Gaudio, Ph.D., ENI,E&P, San Donato Milanese, Italy
  • Ramon G. Rubio, Ph.D., Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
  • Reinhard Miller, Ph.D., Max Planck Institut for Kolloid und Grenzflaechenforschung, Potsdam, Germany
  • Thodoris Karapantsios, Ph.D., Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Victoria Dutschk, Ph.D., Leibnitz Institut for Polymer Forschung, Dresden, Germany

    • Developer(s)

    Astrium GmbH, Immenstaad, , Germany

    Sponsoring Space Agency

    European Space Agency (ESA)

    Sponsoring Organization

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    Research Benefits

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    ISS Expedition Duration:

    March 2013 - March 2014

    Expeditions Assigned

    35/36,37/38

    Previous ISS Missions

    Information Pending

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    Experiment Description

    Research Overview

    • FASES (Fundamental and Applied Studies in Emulsion Stability) will investigate the emulsion stability in relation to the physical-chemistry of droplet interfaces to obtain a modelling of emulsion dynamics to be transferred to industrial applications.


    • Microgravity provides a unique possibility for an effective study of all the basic mechanisms (Ostwald ripening, coalescence and aggregation) underlying the emulsion stability, it provides suppression of the droplet segregation which is an effective condition for the study of the adsorption dynamics and the droplet coalescence and aggregation.

    Description

    These studies will address single and multiple interfaces, as affected by various surfactants. An important part of the programme aims at establishing links between emulsion stability and physico-chemical characteristics of droplet interfaces. Further experiments are planned to investigate droplet dispersion in emulsions and phase inversion. On the basis of these studies, the team will generate a model of emulsion dynamics to be transferred to industrial applications.

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    Applications

    Space Applications

    Some fluid handling processes in space are prone to involve emulsions and there the absence of the effect of gravity may influence their life time. A good knowledge of the mechanisms involved and their characteristics will help engineers predict the behaviour of emulsions and factor it into the design of space systems.

    Earth Applications

    Emulsions are present everywhere in our daily lives starting with milk and most dairy products, and including also common water-oil mixtures in other food or industrial products. Depending on the process or product it deals with, industry is in demand of knowledge about how to stabilise or destabilise an emulsion. FASES can provide knowledge enabling optimisation of the design of surfactants or of their utilisation towards greener products. Data from the experiment will help with the generation of emulsion dynamics models to be transferred to industrial applications.

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    Operations

    Operational Requirements

    Information Pending

    Operational Protocols

    FASES will operate in the Fluid Science Laboratory (FSL) between 85 and 200 days while on board ISS.

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    Results/More Information

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    Results Publications

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    Ground Based Results Publications

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    ISS Patents

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    Related Publications

      Clausse D, Gomez F, Dalmazzone C, Noik C.  A method for the characterization of emulsions, thermogranulometry: Application to water-in-crude oil emulsion. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 2005; 287: 694-703.
      Kovalchuk VI, Kragel J, Makievski AV, Ravera F, Liggieri L, Loglio G.  Rheological surface properties of C12DMPO solution as obtained from amplitude- and phase- frequency characteristics of an oscillating bubble system. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 2004; 280: 498-506.
      Antoni M, Kragel J, Liggieri L, Miller R, Sanfeld A, Sylvain JD.  Binary emulsion investigation by optical tomographic microscopy for FASES experiments. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 2007; 309: 280-285.

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