Imaging Stirred-Vessel Macromixing Using Electrical Resistance Tomography

AIChE Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 780-790

  Holden, P J ^a   Wang, M ^a   Mann, R ^a   Dickin, F J ^a   Edwards, R B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FLOW PATTERNS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SENSORS; SOLUBILITY;

ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY (ERT);

MIXING;

EID: 0032045590     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690440403     Document Type: Article

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