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Spherical agglomeration of solids in liquid suspension
Author(s) -
Farnand J. R.,
Smith H. M.,
Puddington I. E.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450390209
Subject(s) - economies of agglomeration , wetting , suspension (topology) , materials science , solid surface , process (computing) , chemical engineering , bridging (networking) , phase (matter) , chromatography , chemistry , chemical physics , composite material , organic chemistry , computer science , engineering , mathematics , homotopy , pure mathematics , operating system , computer network
The process of spherical agglomeration provides a method for making rapid and efficient separations of solids from liquid suspensions. Because preferential wetting of the solid surface by a second liquid, which acts as a bridging agent between the particles, is a basic requirement of the operation, a novel method for the separation of multi‐component solids becomes available. The procedure is also useful in the breaking of emulsions through the addition of a finely divided solid, the surface of which is repellent to the continuous phase and wetted by the emulsified phase. The process operates equally well in aqueous or in organic media. A number of illustrative examples are given.