Electrical capacitance tomography measurements of gravity-driven granular flows

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 621-630

  Hua, Jinsong ^a   Wang, Chi Hwa ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MASS TRANSFER; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PIPE FLOW; TOMOGRAPHY;

ELECTRICAL CAPACITANCE TOMOGRAPHY (ECT); GRAVITY-DRIVEN GRANULAR FLOWS;

FLOW OF SOLIDS;

ELECTRICAL TECHNIQUE; GRANULAR MEDIUM; GRAVITY FLOW; PIPE FLOW; TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PIPELINE; RELATIVE DENSITY; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

EID: 0033103195     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie980375h     Document Type: Article

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