Liquid axial dispersion and holdup in column leaching

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-47

  De Andrade Lima, L R P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Leaching; Modelling; Process optimisation; Process synthesis; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CATALYTIC REACTORS; LIQUID AXIAL DISPERSION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS SYNTHESIS;

LEACHING;

EID: 30344463345     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2005.05.020     Document Type: Article

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