Numerical identification of parameters for a flocculated suspension from concentration measurements during batch centrifugation

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 91-103

  Berres, S ^a   Burger R ^b   Coronel, A ^b,c   Sepulveda M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c Facultad de Ciencias   (Chile)

Author keywords

Centrifugation; Flocculated suspensions; Numerical technique; Parameter identification

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGATION; FLOCCULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RHEOLOGY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FLOCCULATED SUSPENSIONS; HINDERED SETTLING; RHEOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; ROTATING TUBES;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATION; FLOCCULATION; MATHEMATICAL METHOD;

EID: 24144439787     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2005.02.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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