Observation of 3-D structure of bubbles in a fluidized catalyst bed

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-118

  Kai, Takami ^a   Misawa, Masaki ^b   Takahashi, Takeshige ^a   Tiseanu, Ion ^c   Ichikawa, Naoki ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC PHYSICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Bubble; Fluidization; Fluidized bed; Tomography; X ray

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EMULSIONS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

BUBBLE SHAPE; EMULSION PHASES; FLUIDIZED CATALYST BEDS; GAS-PHASE DISTRIBUTION;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

FLUIDIZED BED;

EID: 18644369429     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450830119     Document Type: Article

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