Particle clustering in down flow reactors

Powder Technology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 6-20

  Krol, S ^a   Pekediz, A ^a   De Lasa, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Down flow reactors; Optical sensors; Particle clustering

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CHEMICAL REACTORS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

CLUSTERS;

FLOW OF SOLIDS;

GAS-SOLID TWO-PHASE FLOW; POWDER; SENSOR;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; REACTOR; SENSOR; VELOCITY;

EID: 0033969372     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-5910(99)00196-5     Document Type: Article

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