Gas attachment of oil droplets for gas flotation for oily wastewater cleanup

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 303-314

  Moosai, Roshni ^a   Dawe, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Gas flotation; Oil drop gas bubble contact; Oily wastewater; Spreading

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; AGGLOMERATION; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); OILS AND FATS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

GAS FLOTATION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BUBBLE; DROPLET; FLOTATION; GAS-LIQUID SEPARATION; OILY WATER; WASTEWATER;

EID: 0142213775     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5866(03)00091-1     Document Type: Article

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