Employment of polymer degradation models in population balance equations describing flocculation with sonicated polymers

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 104-105, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-10

  Al Rashed, M H ^a   Lemanowicz, M ^b   Gierczycki, A T ^b  

^a Educational Shuwaikh   (Kuwait)

^b SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Class Method (CM); Flocculation; Polymer degradation; Population balance equation (PBE); Ultrasounds

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION KERNELS; CLASS METHOD (CM); DISTILLED WATER; FLOCCULATING AGENTS; FLOCCULATION PROCESS; KINETIC CONSTANT; ON-LINE DETERMINATION; POLYMER DEGRADATION; POPULATION BALANCE EQUATION; WATERSOLUBLE POLYMERS;

DEGRADATION; FLOCCULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); ULTRASONICS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84855266081     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.minpro.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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