Drag force on activated sludge floc under crossflow

Journal of the Chinese Institute of Chemical Engineers

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 225-230

  Chung, Hang Yi ^a   Chu, Ching Ping ^a   Lee, Duu Jong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Drag force; Floc; Measurement; Structure

Indexed keywords

DRAG; FLOCCULATION; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SCANNING;

CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE (CLSM); SLUDGE FLOC;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 2542421725     PISSN: 03681653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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