Influence of ultrasonic conditioning of flocculant on the aggregation process in a tank with turbine mixer

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-211

  Lemanowicz, Marcin ^a   Kus, Agata ^a   Gierczycki, Andrzej T ^a  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Breakage; Flocculation; Particle size distribution; Ultrasounds

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; AGGREGATION PROCESS; BREAKAGE; CHAIN POLYMERS; CHARGE NEUTRALIZATION; COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; LASER PARTICLES; NEUTRAL-CHARGE; ON FLOW; ULTRASONIC FIELD; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; POLYDISPERSITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); ULTRASONICS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

FLOCCULATION;

EID: 77649187181     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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