Sedimentation velocity of solids in finite size vessels

Chemical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1123-1126

  Felice, Renzo Di ^a   Kehlenbeck, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); SOLIDS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

FINITE SIZE VESSEL; RICHARDSON-ZAKI EQUATION; VELOCITY VOIDAGE RELATIONSHIP;

SEDIMENTATION;

FINITE VOLUME TECHNIQUE; LIQUID-SOLID SEPARATION; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENSION;

EID: 0034351767     PISSN: 09307516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4125(200012)23:12<1123::AID-CEAT1123>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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