Fractal formation description of agglomeration in low shear mixer

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 164, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 376-382

  Rondet, Eric ^a   Delalonde, Michèle ^a   Ruiz, Thierry ^a   Desfours, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Coalescence; Fractal structuring; Granular matter; Nucleation

Indexed keywords

DISTILLED WATER; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FRACTAL GROWTH; GRANULAR MATTER; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; SATURATION DEGREE; SHEAR CONDITIONS; SHEAR MIXER; SOLID VOLUME FRACTION; STAGE OF GROWTH;

AGGLOMERATION; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; FRACTALS; KAOLIN; MIXERS (MACHINERY); NUCLEATION; PHASE DIAGRAMS; WATER CONTENT;

COALESCENCE;

EID: 77958152424     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.03.069     Document Type: Article

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