Hysteresis in unsaturated flow in packed beds and heaps

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-8

  Ilankoon, I M S K ^a   Neethling, S J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heap leaching; Hydrometallurgy; Modelling

Indexed keywords

CURRENT FLOWS; FLOW FEATURES; FLOW HISTORY; HEAP LEACHING; LIQUID FLOW RATES; LIQUID FLUX; LIQUID HOLD UPS; MODEL SYSTEM; SPHERICAL GLASS; UNSATURATED FLOWS;

HYDROMETALLURGY; HYSTERESIS; LEACHING; LIQUIDS; MODELS; PACKED BEDS;

FLOW RATE;

EID: 84863918723     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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