Direct prediction of structure and permeability of flocculated structures and sediments using 3D tomographic imaging

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 83, Issue 7 A, 2005, Pages 844-852

  Selomulya, C ^a,b   Jia, X ^a   Williams, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fluid flow; Imaging; Microstructure; Porous media; Tomography; Visualization

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SEDIMENTS; SILICA; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

INDUSTRIAL SECTORS; MICROTOMOGRAPHY; OPTIMAL FILTERS; POROUS STRUCTURES;

FLOCCULATION;

PERMEABILITY;

EID: 22744456119     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/cherd.04330     Document Type: Article

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