Enhancement of tapioca starch separation with a hydrocyclone: effects of apex diameter, feed concentration, and pressure drop on tapioca starch separation with a hydrocyclone

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 195-202

  Saengchan, Kanchana ^a   Nopharatana, Annop ^a   Songkasiri, Warinthorn ^b  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Hydrocyclone; Performance indices; Starch water separation; Tapioca starch

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATOR; CUT SIZE; EMPIRICAL MODEL; FEED CONCENTRATION; HYDROCYCLONE; NEW APPROACHES; PERFORMANCE INDICES; SMALL DENSITY DIFFERENCE; SMALL-DIAMETER; TAPIOCA STARCH; WATER SEPARATION;

CENTRIFUGATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DROPS; PRESSURE DROP; STARCH;

CYCLONE SEPARATORS;

EID: 68949176620     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2008.03.014     Document Type: Article

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