Interrogation of a precipitation reaction by electrical resistance tomography (ERT)

AIChE Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 607-614

  Stanley, S J ^a,b   Mann, R ^a   Primrose, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SELLAFIELD LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c Industrial Tomography Systems   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barium sulfate; Crystallization; Electrical resistance tomography (ERT); Fluid mixing; Precipitation; Stirred vessel

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REACTION KINETICS; SENSORS;

BARIUM SULFATE; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY (ERT); SPATIO-TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; STIRRED VESSEL REACTORS;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY;

BARIUM ION; BARIUM SULFATE; SODIUM SULFATE;

CRYSTALLIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONDUCTANCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION; REACTOR; SOLID; STIRRED REACTOR; THERMODYNAMICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 14644439919     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10359     Document Type: Article

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