A unified probabilistic approach for modeling trajectory-based separations

AIChE Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2507-2520

  Wei, Jing ^a   Realff, Matthew J ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Electrostatic separation; Froth flotation; Joint cumulative distribution function; Modeling; Sink and float; Solids separation; Stochastic process

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION; FROTH FLOATATION; JOINT CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; SINK AND FLOAT; SOLIDS SEPARATION;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

SEPARATION;

ELECTROSTATICS; FLOTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; SOLID-SOLID SEPARATION;

EID: 26944469057     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10509     Document Type: Conference Paper

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