Porometry, porosimetry, image analysis and void network modelling in the study of the pore-level properties of filters

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 3701-3709

  Gribble, Christopher M ^a   Matthews, Graham Peter ^a   Laudone, Giuliano M ^a   Turner, Andrew ^a   Ridgway, Cathy J ^b   Schoelkopf, Joachim ^b   Gane, Patrick A C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b OMYA DEVELOPMENT AG   (Switzerland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Filtration; Mathematical modelling; Membranes; Mercury porosimetry; Porometry; Porous media

Indexed keywords

FILTRATION CHARACTERISTICS; FIRST DERIVATIVE; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; MERCURY POROSIMETRY; PERMPOROMETRY; POROMETRY; POROSIMETRY; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; SINTERED POWDERS; TRACK ETCH; VOID NETWORK MODELS; VOID NETWORKS; VOID SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VOID STRUCTURES;

CELLULOSE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLASS FIBERS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MERCURY (METAL); NITROCELLULOSE; SINTERING;

POROUS MATERIALS;

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE NITRATE; FILTRATION; GLASS FIBERS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBRANES; MERCURY; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SIMULATION; SINTERING;

EID: 79958718604     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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