Experimental investigation of the hydrodynamics in a liquid-solid riser

AIChE Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 802-835

  Roy, Shantanu ^a,b   Kemoun, Abdenour ^a,c   Al Dahhan, M H ^a   Dudukovic, M P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

CARPT; Liquid solid riser; Solids flow pattern; Solids volume fraction; Tomography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AUTOMATED RADIOACTIVE PARTICLE TRACKING (CARPT); GAMMA-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT); LIQUID-SOLID RISE; RMS VELOCITIES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW OF SOLIDS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GAMMA RAYS; KINETIC ENERGY; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; TRAJECTORIES;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

HYDRODYNAMICS; RISER;

EID: 15944381579     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10447     Document Type: Article

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