Simultaneous measurement of gas and solid holdups in multiphase systems using ultrasonic technique

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 59, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 3505-3514

  Zheng, Ying ^a   Zhang, Qikai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Modeling; Multiphase flow; Numerical analysis; Powder technology; Statistics; Ultrasonic measurement

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND RECORDING; ULTRASONICS;

DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; GAS BUBBLES; SOLID HOLDUPS;

GASES;

GAS; GAS-SOLID TWO-PHASE FLOW; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SOLID; ULTRASONIC FLOWMETER;

EID: 3343024238     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.05.016     Document Type: Article

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