Fractionation of non-Brownian rod-like particle suspensions in a viscoplastic fluid

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1762-1772

  Madani, A ^a   Storey, S ^a   Olson, J A ^a   Frigaard, I A ^a   Salmela, J ^b   Martinez, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Non Newtonian fluid mechanics; Papermaking suspensions; Sedimentation; Viscoplastic fluid

Indexed keywords

BIDISPERSE SUSPENSION; CALIBRATION CURVES; CENTRIFUGAL FORCES; DILUTE SUSPENSIONS; MOTION OF PARTICLES; NON-BROWNIAN; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID MECHANICS; ROD-LIKE PARTICLES; VISCOPLASTIC FLUID; WEAK GEL; YIELD STRESS FLUIDS;

CENTRIFUGATION; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDS; GELS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PAPERMAKING; PLASTIC FLOW; POLYDISPERSITY; RHEOLOGY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOPLASTICITY; VISCOUS FLOW; YIELD STRESS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CENTRIFUGATION; DISPERSIONS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUID MECHANICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; PAPER MAKING; PLASTIC FLOW; PLASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 75849147653     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.11.017     Document Type: Article

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