A centrifugation method for the assessment of low pressure compressibility of particulate suspensions

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 148, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 405-413

  Curvers, Daan ^a   Saveyn, Hans ^a   Scales, Peter J ^b   Van der Meeren, Paul ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Centrifugation; Compressibility; Dewatering; Filtration; Modelling; Sludge

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGATION; CENTRIFUGES; COMPRESSIBILITY; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; DEWATERING; OSMOSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; REFLECTIVE COATINGS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE; TITRATION; WASTEWATER;

BED HEIGHTS; CENTRIFUGATION METHODS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERS; COMPRESSIONAL; DATA FITTINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHES; FUNCTIONAL RELATIONS; LOW PRESSURES; MODELLING; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS; OSMOTIC PRESSURES; PARTICULATE SUSPENSIONS; POWER-LAW FUNCTIONS; ROTATIONAL SPEED; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SOLIDS VOLUME FRACTIONS; WASTE WATERS;

FILTRATION;

EID: 61649097948     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.09.030     Document Type: Article

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