Dielectrophoretic separation of oil-water-solid dispersions - Selectivity and particle velocity

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 687-691

  Thöming, Jorg ^a   Du, Fei ^a   Baune, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Oil purification; Particle velocity; Permittivity; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION; ELECTROKINESIS; OIL; PARTICLE SIZE; SEPARATION; WATER;

EID: 33746349532     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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