A new method for estimating hindered creaming/settling velocity of particles in Polydisperse Systems

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1893-1904

  Kumar, Sanjeev ^a   Pirog, Theodore W ^b   Ramkrishna, Doraiswami ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Polydisperse suspensions; Steady state; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CORRELATION THEORY; EMULSIONS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GLYCEROL; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SALTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CREAMING DYNAMICS; FED COLUMN; HINDERED CREAMING VELOCITY; POLYDISPERSE SUSPENSIONS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

PARTICLE DEPOSITION VELOCITY; SETTLING; SUSPENSION;

EID: 0342264465     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00457-1     Document Type: Article

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