Scale-up behaviour in stirred square flocculation tanks

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1606-1618

  Kilander, J ^a   Blomstrom S ^a   Rasmuson, A ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Floc size distribution; Flocculation; Heterogeneous turbulence; Image analysis; Mixing; Particle image velocimetry; Scale up

Indexed keywords

FLOCCULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JETS; MIXING; TURBULENCE;

FLOC SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HETEROGENEOUS TURBULENCE; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV); SCALEUP;

SETTLING TANKS;

FLOCCULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JETS; MIXING; SETTLING TANKS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 33846821583     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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