MEASUREMENT OF THE RATE OF SEDIMENTATION
OF FINE PARTICLES IN A PLATELIKE CENTRIFUGE

J. G. Dueck,a D. Yu. Kilimnik,b   
L. L. Min'kov,c  and T. Neessea  

UDC 532.584.22:53.082.13

The data of experimental investigation of the process 
of settling of fine particles in a platelike centrifuge have been 
given. The results obtained on sand and water have shown a nonmonotone 
character of the relative rate of sedimentation as a function of the 
total concentration of particles and the presence of the effect of 
a higher-than-average settling rate for the finest fractions. The 
methods of measurement of the sedimentation of fine particles are 
discussed, the experimental procedure is described, and systematic 
experimental errors are analyzed.

a Erlangen-Nurnberg University (Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg), Erlangen, 
Germany; email: Johann.Dueck@rzmail.uni-erlanden.de; 
bN. E. Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow, Russia; 
email: kilimnik@yandex.ru; 
cTomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia; 
email: lminkov@ftf.tsu.ru. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii 
Zhurnal, Vol. 76, No. 4, pp. 7-17, July-August, 2003. Original 
article submitted November 12, 2002.