Equilibrium state of aggregation in suspensions comprising linear clusters |
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Authors: | Ruben D Cohen |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Rice University, 77251 Houston, Texas |
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Abstract: | The final state of aggregation in a suspension containing nonbranching, one-dimensional (linear) flocs is investigated. Allowing coagulation to occur at a finite secondary minimum of magnitudeV* rather than the infinite primary well, it is realized that the system eventually reaches steady state where a relatively large number of flocs coexist at equilibrium. It is shown that, under this condition, the number of flocs¯N expected to result is exponentially related to –V* and directly proportional to
, whereN
o is the initial number of individual particles in the suspension. |
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Keywords: | Equilibrium aggregation linear flocculation one-dimensional clusters secondary-well aggregation flocculation at secondary well |
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