Sizing of wastewater particles using the electrozone sensing technique

Particulate Science and Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-56

  Yuan, Yuan ^a   Ndoutoumve, Jacques F ^a   Siew, Mary ^a   Vo, Oanh ^a   Farnood, Ramin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coulter counter; Microscopy; Porosity; Size distribution; Suspended particles; Wastewater flocs

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGES; COULTER COUNTER; DISTRIBUTION CURVES; ELECTROZONE SENSING; HIGH POROSITIES; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUES; PARTICLE SIZE MEASUREMENTS; PARTICLE SIZINGS; PARTICLES SIZES; PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS; SIZE MEASUREMENTS; SOLID VOLUMES; SUSPENDED PARTICLES; THEORETICAL MODELS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SENSORS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WASTEWATER;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COULTER COUNTER; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE; SOLID; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE WATER;

EID: 61649094041     PISSN: 02726351     EISSN: 15480046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02726350802611770     Document Type: Article

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