Title

A Hybrid Rheological Model For Particulate Suspension In Zeolite Crystal Growth

Keywords

Gel dissolution; Particulate suspension; Rheology; Zeolites

Abstract

A hybrid constitutive model is developed to represent the thixotropic behavior of particulate suspension during zeolite crystallization from solution. This model is valid over the complete solid fraction range typical for such a process. It employs two internal variables, agglomeration and contiguity, to describe the degree to which the gel particles form short- and long-range networks. The contiguity is used to weigh the effects of hydrodynamic to chain-like network deformation on the suspension viscosity. Heterogeneous nucleation and surface reaction-controlled crystal growth are assumed to describe the evolution of microstructure and solid fraction of gel and crystals. Such a model successfully captures the thixotropic behavior of zeolite particulate suspension by comparison of the predictions with a set of experimental data. © 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

3-15-2006

Publication Title

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volume

295

Issue

2

Number of Pages

562-568

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2005.10.014

Socpus ID

32544460992 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/32544460992

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