Flow uniformity in a model digester measured with electrical resistance tomography

3rd World Congress on Industrial Process Tomography

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 821-827

  Vlaev, Dimiter S ^a,b   Bennington, Chad P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PAPRICAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chip digester; Electrical resistance tomography; Kraft pulping; Liquor flows

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; KRAFT PROCESS; KRAFT PULP; PULP DIGESTERS; TOMOGRAPHY; WOOD PRODUCTS;

CHIP DIGESTER; COUNTER-CURRENT ZONES; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW UNIFORMITY; INDUSTRIAL DIGESTERS; LIQUOR FLOWS; OPTIMAL FLOW RATIOS; PROCESS FLOWS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

CHIPS; DIGESTERS; KRAFT PULPING; MODELS;

EID: 34247851454     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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