X-ray computed tomography in large bubble columns

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 6124-6133

  Hubers, Jeremy L ^a   Striegel, Alex C ^a   Heindel, Theodore J ^a   Gray, Joseph N ^a   Jensen, Terrence C ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Hydrodynamics; Instrumentation; Multiphase flow; Tomography; Visualization

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SLURRIES; X RAYS;

GAS HOLDUP; SEMI-BATCH BUBBLE COLUMNS; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMN; HYDRODYNAMICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; X-RAY TECHNIQUE;

CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; FLOW; X RAYS;

EID: 22744457997     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.03.038     Document Type: Conference Paper

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