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Title: Sedimentation of multisized particles in concentrated suspensions

Journal Article · · AIChE J.; (United States)

A model is developed for predicting the sedimentation velocity in suspensions of multisized nonflocculating solids, in which the retarding effect of the smaller particles on the setting velocities of the larger ones is taken into account. Tests of the model, and comparisons with other models, demonstrate that it provides improved prediction of data on suspensions comprising both discrete particle size mixtures and continuous size distributions, and that it is applicable to continuous countercurrent solid-liquid operations.

Research Organization:
Dept. of Chemical and Petroleum Refining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401
OSTI ID:
5076770
Journal Information:
AIChE J.; (United States), Journal Name: AIChE J.; (United States)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English