C&T	work from Coulaloglou and Tavlarides [8]
DSD	drop size distribution
DDSD	daughter drop size distribution
PBE	population balance equation
RRMSD	relative root-mean-square deviation
TEM	transmission electron microscopy
w/o	water-in-oil
2D	two-dimensional
Symbols Used
A	$\left[{\mathrm{m}}^2\right]$	area
a	[-]	constant in beta distribution
$\dot{B}$	$\left[{\mathrm{m}}^{-4}{\mathrm{s}}^{-1}\right]$	birthrate in PBE
b	[-]	constant in beta distribution
C	[-]	measure of the width of the normal distribution
c	[-]	fitparameter in PBE submodels
$c_{np,c}$	[-]	dimensionless damping factor in coalescence efficiency
$c_{des}$	$\left[{\mathrm{J}}^{-1}\right]$	fitparameter in the energybarrier modell
d	$\left[\mathrm{m}\right]$	drop diameter (d${}^{\prime }$ and d${}^{\prime \prime }$ are used to differentiate between drops)
$d_{32}$	$\left[\mathrm{m}\right]$	Sauter mean diameter
$\dot{D}$	$\left[{\mathrm{m}}^{-4}{\mathrm{s}}^{-1}\right]$	death rate in PBE
D	$\left[\mathrm{m}\right]$	tank diameter
E	$\left[\mathrm{J}\right]$	energy
F	$\left[{\mathrm{m}}^3{\mathrm{s}}^{-1}\right]$	coalescence rate
f	$\left[{\mathrm{m}}^{-4}\right]$	density function of number
$f_d$	[-]	ratio of daughter drop volume to mother drop volume
g	$\left[{\mathrm{s}}^{-1}\right]$	breakage rate
h	$\left[\mathrm{m}\right]$	height
H	$\left[\mathrm{m}\right]$	height
n	$\left[{\mathrm{s}}^{-1}\right]$	stirring speed
$n_p$	[-]	number of particles in the system
$n_d$	[-]	desorbed number of particles
P	$\left[\mathrm{J}{\mathrm{s}}^{-1}\right]$	power
q	$\left[{\mathrm{m}}^{-1}\right]$	density function
Q	[-]	cumulative function
r	$\left[\mathrm{m}\right]$	radius
s	$\left[\mathrm{m}\right]$	strength
t	$\left[\mathrm{s}\right]$	time
T	$\left[\mathrm{K}\right]$	temperature
V	$\left[{\mathrm{m}}^3\right]$	volume
w	[-]	mass fraction
w	$\left[\mathrm{m}\right]$	wide
Greek Symbols
$\beta$	[-]	daughter drop size distribution
$\eta$	$\left[\mathrm{Pa}\mathrm{s}\right]$	dynamic viscosity
$ϵ$	$\left[\mathrm{W}{\mathrm{kg}}^{-1}\right]$	mass specific energy dissipation rate
$\epsilon$	[-]	voidage
$\lambda$	[-]	coalescence efficiency
$\kappa$	$\left[\mathrm{S}{\mathrm{m}}^{-1}\right]$	electrical conductivity
$\nu$	[-]	number of daughter drops
$\phi$	[-]	dispersed-phase volume fraction
$\rho$	$\left[\mathrm{kg}{\mathrm{m}}^{-3}\right]$	density
$\gamma$	$\left[\mathrm{N}{\mathrm{m}}^{-1}\right]$	interfacial tension
$\dot{\gamma }$	$\left[{\mathrm{s}}^{-1}\right]$	shear rate
$\sigma$	$\left[{\mathrm{m}}^3\right]$	standard deviation
$\mathsf{\mu }$	$\left[\mathrm{m}\right]$	mean value
$\theta$	${[}^{\circ }]$	contact angle
$\Theta$	[-]	interface coverage degree by particles
$\xi$	$\left[{\mathrm{m}}^3{\mathrm{s}}^{-1}\right]$	coalescence frequency
$\zeta$	$\left[\mathrm{V}\right]$	zeta potential
Subscripts
$ads$	adsorption
b	breakage
b	baffle
c	continous phase
c	coalescence
$cov$	covered
d	dispersed phase
d	desorbed
d	daughter
$des$	desorption
$eff$	effective
$exp$	experimental
$e/s$	between endoscope and stirrer
g	gap
$in$	initial
m	mother
$max$	maximum
$min$	minimum
$np$	nanoparticle
o	organic phase
$o,w$	oil/water interface
p	particle
$sb$	stirrer blades
$sim$	simulated
$st$	stirrer
$stat$	in steady-state
$tot$	total
3	volume-based