Population Balance Model (PBM) for flocculation process: Simulation and experimental studies of palm oil mill effluent (POME) pretreatment

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 140, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 86-100

  Ahmad, A L ^a   Chong, M F ^a   Bhatia, S ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bridging attraction; Charge neutralization; Flocculation; POME; Population balance modeling

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOCCULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BRIDGING ATTRACTION; CHARGE NEUTRALIZATION; POPULATION BALANCE MODELING;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

COAGULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FLOCCULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 44049092361     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2007.09.014     Document Type: Article

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