Consolidation of sheared, strongly flocculated suspensions

AIChE Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 924-939

  Holmqvist, Claes ^a   Dahlkild, Anders ^b  

^a INNVENTIA AB   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Critical state; Cross flow; Filtration; Piston; Shear; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

FILTRATION; PLASTICITY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); YIELD STRESS;

CRITICAL STATE; CROSS FLOW; PISTON;

FLOCCULATION;

FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; PLASTICITY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); YIELD STRESS;

EID: 42149103798     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11419     Document Type: Article

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