Counter-current vs co-current flow in carbon-in-pulp adsorption circuits

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 415-422

  Coetzee, J W ^a   Gray, D E ^a  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LINEAR EQUATIONS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RATE CONSTANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CARBON-IN-LEACH TECHNOLOGY; CARBON-IN-PULP TECHNOLOGY; CO-CURRENT FLOW; COUNTER-CURRENT FLOW; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

EID: 0033116065     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(99)00021-7     Document Type: Article

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