Measurement of the local velocity of the solid phase and the local solid hold-up in a three-phase flow by X-ray based particle tracking velocimetry (XPTV)

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1721-1729

  Seeger, A ^a   Kertzscher, U ^a   Affeld, K ^a   Wellnhofer, E ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluid mechanics; Instrumentation; Multiphase flow; PTV; Visualization; X ray

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT REFRACTION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; X RAYS;

THREE-PHASE FLOW;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

FLOW MEASUREMENT; MULTIPHASE FLOW; X-RAY TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0038067721     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(03)00010-1     Document Type: Article

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