Modelling the kinetics of aggregate breakage using improved breakage kernel

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 151-157

  Xiao, Feng ^a   Li, Xiao Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aggregate; Breakage kernel; Fractal dimension; Particle size distribution; Shear

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL DIMENSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; SHEAR FLOW;

BREAKAGE MODEL; FLUID SHEAR; SHEAR INTENSITY;

AGGREGATES;

AGGREGATES; FRACTAL DIMENSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; SHEAR FLOW;

AGGREGATE; BREAKAGE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELING; PARTICLE SIZE; PROBABILITY; REACTION KINETICS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOCCULATION; FORCE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; KERNEL METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PROBABILITY; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ALGORITHMS; FLOCCULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 39449100016     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2008.789     Document Type: Article

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