Effect of the shear and volume fraction on the aggregation and breakup of particles

AIChE Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1724-1730

  Serra, T ^a   Casamitjana, X ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COAGULATION; FLOCCULATION; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REACTION KINETICS; TURBULENT FLOW; VOLUME FRACTION;

EFFECTIVE BREAKUP COEFFICIENT; SHEAR FLOCCULATION; SHEAR FRAGMENTATION; SHEAR RATE;

LATEXES;

AGGREGATE; COUETTE FLOW; PARTICLE; PARTICLE MOTION;

EID: 0032147786     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690440803     Document Type: Article

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