Ultrasonic technique to determine particle size and concentration in slurry systems

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2468-2475

  Shukla, A ^a   Prakash, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic velocity; Crystallization; Multiphase reactors; Particles; Slurries; Ultrasonic technique

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTALLIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SLURRIES;

ACOUSTIC VELOCITY; MULTIPHASE REACTORS; PARTICLES; ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUE;

ULTRASONICS;

BINARY MIXTURES; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTALLIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SLURRIES; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 32844473274     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.11.027     Document Type: Article

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