ECT studies of gas-solid fluidized beds of different diameters

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 5020-5030

  Du, Bing ^a   Warsito, W ^a   Fan, Liang Shih ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLING; CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL FIBER PROBES; RADIAL SYMMETRY;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; EMULSIONS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTIMIZATION; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

FLUIDIZED BED;

EID: 22944489893     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie049025n     Document Type: Article

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