Microbubble generation for environmental and industrial separations

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 221-232

  Burns, S E ^a   Yiacoumi, S ^a   Tsouris, C ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

dissolved air flotation; electroflotation; electrostatic spraying; image analysis; microbubbles

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATION; ELECTROFLOTATION; ELECTROSTATIC SPRAYING; MICROBUBBLES;

CAPILLARY FLOW; FLOTATION; HEAT TRANSFER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IONIC STRENGTH; MASS TRANSFER; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SIZE DETERMINATION; SPRAYING;

BUBBLE FORMATION;

EID: 0031551123     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5866(97)00024-5     Document Type: Article

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