Investigation of X-ray imaging of vapor-liquid contactors. 1. Studies involving stationary objects and a simple flow system

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1255-1266

  Schmit, Carolyn E ^a   Eldridge, R Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Distillation; Film thickness; Holdup; X ray tomography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; STAINLESS STEEL; VAPORS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

X-RAY IMAGING; X-RAY TRANSMISSION;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

DISTILLATION; FILM THICKNESS; FLUID FLOW; HOLD-UP; TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY IMAGING;

EID: 16544384625     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2003.09.045     Document Type: Article

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