The fractal scaling of fluidized nanoparticle agglomerates

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 112, Issue , 2014, Pages 79-86

  De Martín, Lilian ^a   Fabre, Andrea ^a   Ruud van Ommen, J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agglomerate density; Diffusion limited aggregation; Fractal dimension; Settling; Structure

Indexed keywords

FLUIDIZATION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; NANOPARTICLES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

AGGLOMERATE SIZES; DIFFUSION LIMITED AGGREGATION; MASS FRACTAL DIMENSION; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL NATURE; NANOPARTICLE AGGLOMERATES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SETTLING;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 84897938800     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2014.03.024     Document Type: Article

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