Modelling of flocculation using a population balance equation

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1264-1273

  Coufort, Carole ^a   Bouyer, Denis ^a   Liné, Alain ^a   Haut, Benoît ^b  

^a INSA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Flocculation; Hydrodynamics; Mixing; Population balance equation

Indexed keywords

FLOCCULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; POPULATION BALANCE EQUATION;

POPULATION DYNAMICS;

FLOCCULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 34948858527     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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