Processing of dispersions containing fine particles or biological products in tubular bowl centrifuges

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 4173-4181

  Spelter, Lars Egmont ^a   Steiwand, Anna ^a   Nirschl, Hermann ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Centrifugation; Fluid mechanics; Optimisation; Sedimentation; Separation; Tomography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CELLS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CENTRIFUGAL FORCES; COMMERCIAL AVAILABILITY; FINE PARTICLES; FINE PARTICULATES; HIGH POTENTIAL; HIGH ROTATIONAL SPEED; LIQUID FLOW; NANO-SCALE MATERIALS; OPTIMISATION; OPTIMISATIONS; SEMI-BATCH; SEPARATION BEHAVIOUR; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY;

CENTRIFUGATION; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID MECHANICS; OPTIMIZATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

CENTRIFUGES;

EID: 77953133646     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.04.028     Document Type: Article

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