Removal of oil from water by inverse fluidization of aerogels

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 191-201

  Quevedo, Jose A ^a,b   Patel, Gaurav ^a   Pfeffer, Robert ^a,c  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CAPACITIES; BED EXPANSIONS; CONTAMINATED WATERS; DIFFERENT SIZES; DOWNWARD FLOWS; FILTER MEDIAS; FLUID VELOCITIES; FLUIDIZED BED; HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; INVERSE FLUIDIZATION; LARGE SURFACE AREAS; LOW ENERGY CONSUMPTION; LOW PRESSURE DROPS; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOGEL; OIL CONCENTRATIONS; OIL REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; OIL REMOVALS; PER UNITS; SUPERFICIAL VELOCITIES;

AEROGELS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; DROPS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GRANULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRESSURE DROP; REMOVAL; SORPTION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; VOID FRACTION; WASTEWATER;

WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 61649115968     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie800022e     Document Type: Article

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