Modelling of floc-bubble aggregate rise rates in dissolved air flotation

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 175-184

  Haarhoff, J ^a   Edzwald, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Air volume; Bubble size; Dissolved air flotation; Floc density; Floc size; Hydraulic loading; Reactor hydrodynamics; Rise rate; Separation zone; Stoke's Law

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FLOCCULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATION; FLOC-BUBBLE AGGREGATES;

FLOTATION;

AGGREGATE; BUBBLE; FLOC; FLOTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; STOKES FLOW;

ACCURACY; AIR; AIRFLOW; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLOCCULATION; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHASE SEPARATION; PREDICTION; REACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0035009741     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2001.0492     Document Type: Conference Paper

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