Image analysis of sludge aggregates

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 412-420

  Smoczyński, Lech ^a   Ratnaweera, Harsha ^b   Kosobucka, Marta ^a   Smoczyński, Michał ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Floc simulation; SEM image analysis; Sludge separation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COAGULATION; FLOCCULATION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SORPTION;

CLUSTER-CLUSTER AGGREGATION; COAGULATION FLOCCULATION; CONTRAST-ENHANCED IMAGES; FLOC SIMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; SEM IMAGE ANALYSIS; SURFACE FRACTAL DIMENSIONS;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 84896541580     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2013.09.030     Document Type: Article

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