Interaction between wastewater-sludge floc and moving ice front

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 5369-5376

  Tao, T ^a   Peng, X F ^a   Lee, D J ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Deformation; Floc; Force; Freezing; Interface; Thawing

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DEFORMATION; FLOCCULATION; FREEZING; ICE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SEWAGE SLUDGE; THAWING;

FLOCS; FORCES; FREEZING RATE; SLUDGE FLOCS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DEFORMATION; FLOCCULATION; FREEZING; ICE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SEWAGE SLUDGE; THAWING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 33745242518     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.04.019     Document Type: Article

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