Morphological analysis and modelling of fine coal filter cake microstructure

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1151-1162

  Bourgeois, Florent S ^a   Lyman, Geoffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boolean model; Filter cake microstructure; fine coal filtration

Indexed keywords

BOOLEAN MODEL; COAL FILTER CAKES;

BENEFICIATION; DEWATERING; FILTRATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

COAL;

FILTER CAKES; MODELLING; MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0031107044     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(96)00475-7     Document Type: Article

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