Enhancing Ballast Water separator performance through design modification

Journal of Marine Environmental Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 83-94

  Badran, Omar O ^a   Abu Khader, Mazen M ^a  

^a AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Ballast Water Systems; Cyclones; Evaluation performance; Solid particulate removal

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROORGANISMS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SEAWATER;

BALLAST WATER SYSTEMS; EVALUATION PERFORMANCE; SOLID PARTICULATE REMOVAL;

CYCLONE SEPARATORS;

BALLAST; HYDROCYCLONE; LIQUID-SOLID SEPARATION; MARINE APPLICATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEPARATOR; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 26444562469     PISSN: 1061026X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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