Aspects of liquor flow in a model chip digester measured using electrical resistance tomography

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 130, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 67-74

  Ruzinsky, Frantisek ^a   Bennington, Chad P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digesters; Electrical resistance tomography; Kraft pulp; Liquor flow; Wood chips

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PULP DIGESTERS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY; LIQUOR FLOW;

KRAFT PULP;

KRAFT PULP; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PULP DIGESTERS; TOMOGRAPHY;

KRAFT DIGESTERS; KRAFT PULPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 34247874584     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2007.01.027     Document Type: Article

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