Flow visualisation and computational prediction in thickener rake models

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-102

  Sutalo I D ^a   Paterson, D A ^a   Rudman, M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dewatering; Gravity concentration; Modelling; Thickening

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DEWATERING; FLOW PATTERNS; GRAVITATION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

RAKE MODELS;

FLOW VISUALIZATION;

EID: 0037299762     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(02)00256-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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