The influence of velocity gradient on properties and filterability of suspension formed during water treatment

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 92, Issue , 2012, Pages 161-167

  Bubakova, Petra ^a   Pivokonsky, Martin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDRODYNAMICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Filtration; Fractal dimension; Particle size distribution; Velocity gradient

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE SIZE; AGGREGATE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; DEPTH FILTRATION; FERRIC SULPHATE; FILTRATION VELOCITY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MIXING TANKS; POROUS AGGREGATES; SAND FILTER; VELOCITY GRADIENTS;

AGGLOMERATION; COAGULATION; EXPERIMENTS; FILTRATION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PILOT PLANTS; VELOCITY;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 84860676726     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2011.09.031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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