Micromixing of solids and fluid in an aggregating precipitator

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2187-2194

  Wynn, E J W ^a,c   Hounslow, M J ^a   Ilievski, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AKZO NOBEL CENTRAL RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Gibbsite; Micromixing; Particle size distribution (PSD); Precipitation

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDRATED ALUMINA; MIXING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

GIBBSITE; MICROMIXING; PRECIPITATORS;

SEPARATORS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; LIQUID-SOLID MIXING; MIXING;

EID: 0032568968     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00079-7     Document Type: Article

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