Simulation of coagulation, flocculation, and sedimentation

Water Environment Research

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 348-356

  Smoczynski, L ^a   Bukowski, Z ^b   Wardzynska, R ^a   Zaleska Chrost, B ^a   Dluzynska, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^b Masurian Academy   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Computer simulation; Flocculation; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOCCULATION; RATE CONSTANTS; SEDIMENTATION; SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COAGULATION FLOCCULATION; INITIAL VELOCITIES; SIMULATION PROGRAM; SOIL PARTICLES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

COAGULATION;

COAGULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOCCULATION; SEDIMENTATION; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; FLOCCULATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; VELOCITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOCCULATION; KINETICS;

EID: 66149141459     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143008X357174     Document Type: Article

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