PET investigation of a fluidized particle: Spatial and temporal resolution and short term motion

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 851-858

  Hoffmann, Alex C ^a   Dechsiri, C ^b   Van De Wiel, F ^c   Dehling, H G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fluidization; Multiphase reactors; Particle tracking; Positron emission tomography; Resolution; Visualization

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION;

FLUIDIZED PARTICLES; MULTIPHASE REACTORS; PARTICLE POSITION; PARTICLE TRACKING;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED; PARTICLE MOTION;

EID: 15944409997     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 09570233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/16/3/029     Document Type: Article

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