The role of mixing conditions on floc growth, breakage and re-growth

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 425-430

  Yu, Wen zheng ^a,b   Gregory, John ^a   Campos, Luiza ^a   Li, Guibai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Alum; Coagulation; Floc breakage; Flocculation; Rapid mixing time; Slow stirring speed

Indexed keywords

ALUM; ALUMINUM SULFATES; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; FLOC BREAKAGE; FLOC PROPERTIES; FLOC SIZE; FLOC SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HIGH SHEAR; MIXING CONDITIONS; RAPID MIXING; RE-GROWTH; SHEAR CONDITIONS; STIRRING RATES; STIRRING SPEED; UNDERLYING MECHANISM;

COAGULATION; FLOCCULATION; SHEAR FLOW; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

MIXING;

EID: 79959288191     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.03.098     Document Type: Article

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