Rapid characterization of flow regimes in multiphase reactors through box-counting dimensions with an embedding dimension of two

Chemical Engineering Journal and the Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 169-178

  Briens, C L ^a   Hudson, C ^a   Briens, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Box counting dimensions; Flow regimes; Multiphase reactors

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; CALIBRATION; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; PHASE INTERFACES; PROBES;

BOX COUNTING DIMENSIONS; FLOW REGIMES; MULTIPHASE REACTORS; PROBE CALIBRATION CONSTANTS; TRACER INJECTIONS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

FLOW REGIME RELATIONS; REACTORS;

EID: 0030299326     PISSN: 09230467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-0467(96)03129-6     Document Type: Article

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