A new empirical model for the determination of the required retention time in hindered settling

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 674-684

  Yetilmezsoy, Kaan ^a  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

DataFit ; Empirical model; Hindered settling; MATLAB ; Numerical approach; Retention time; Talmadge fitch

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; SEDIMENTATION; SETTLING VELOCITY;

EID: 34347351032     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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