Making accurate slurry flow curve measurements

Chemical Engineering Progress

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 35-41

  Alderman, Neil J ^a,b   Heywood, Nigel I ^a  

^a Aspen Technology   (United States)

^b AspenTech Ltd UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW CURVES; SHEAR RATE; SLURRY FLOW; SOLIDS CONCENTRATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; HYSTERESIS; LAMINAR FLOW; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RHEOMETERS; SAMPLING; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE; VISCOMETERS;

SLURRIES;

EID: 2542417325     PISSN: 03607275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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