Further development of software for the design and simulation of industrial thickeners

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 135-144

  Burgos, R ^a   Concha, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Dewatering; Modeling; Simulation; Tailings; Thickening

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DEWATERING; FLOW OF SOLIDS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENTATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; TAILINGS;

INDUSTRIAL THICKENERS; MODELING; SEDIMENT PERMEABILITY; SOLID FLUX; THICKENING;

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS;

DEWATERING; LIQUID-SOLID SEPARATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; THICKENER;

EID: 24144451078     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2005.02.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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