Polymer flocculation of calcite: Experimental results from turbulent pipe flow

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1284-1293

  Heath, Alex R ^a   Bahri, Parisa A ^b   Fawell, Phillip D ^c   Farrow, John B ^c  

^a University of Melbourne   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flocculation; Particle count measurements; Reaction kinetics

Indexed keywords

FLOCCULATION; MIXING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PIPE FLOW; POLYMERS; REACTION KINETICS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

AGGREGATION RATES; FLOCCULANT INJECTION POINTS; IN-STREAM PARTICLE-SIZING PROBES; PARTICLE/COUNT/MEASUREMENTS;

CALCITE;

CALCITE; FLOCCULATION; MIXING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PIPE FLOW; POLYMERS; REACTION KINETICS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33645653321     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10729     Document Type: Article

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