Neural network particle sizing in slurries by reflectance spectroscopy

AIChE Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2492-2498

  Li, Mingzhong ^a   Wilkinson, Derek ^a   Schrödl, Markus ^a,b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NEURAL NETWORKS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

OPTICAL REFLECTANCE SPECTRA;

SLURRIES;

CONCENTRATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NEURAL NETWORK; PARTICLE SIZE; SLURRY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT REFRACTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; REFLECTOMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0036878138     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690481108     Document Type: Article

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