A study of the mixing of solids in gas-fluidized beds, using ultra-fast MRI

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2085-2088

  Fennell, P S ^a   Davidson, J F ^a   Dennis, J S ^a   Gladden, L F ^a   Hayhurst, A N ^a   Mantle, M D ^a   Muller C R ^a   Rees, A C ^a   Scott, S A ^a   Sederman, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Fluidization; Imaging; Mixing; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Transient response

Indexed keywords

AIR; AXIAL FLOW; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CRYSTALS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

AXIAL MIXING; GAS-FLUIDIZED BEDS; POPPY SEEDS; SUGAR CRYSTALS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

DISPERSION; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED; SOLID-SOLID MIXING;

EID: 13844253395     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.11.040     Document Type: Article

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