Application of fractal dimensions to study the structure of flocs formed in lime softening process

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 545-556

  Vahedi, Arman ^a   Gorczyca, Beata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fractal dimension; Lime softening floc; Settling velocity

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; LIME; PARTICLE SIZE; VELOCITY;

CLUSTER-CLUSTER AGGREGATION; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DIFFUSION LIMITED AGGREGATION; LIME SOFTENING; LIME SOFTENING PROCESS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PRIMARY PARTICLE SIZE; SETTLING VELOCITY;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

CALCIUM OXIDE;

DIFFUSION; FLOCCULATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; LIME; SETTLING VELOCITY; SOFTENING; STOKES FORMULA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFUSION; FLOCCULATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VELOCITY; VOLUMETRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78650415958     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.09.014     Document Type: Article

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