The investigation of gas holdup distribution in a two-phase bubble column using ultrasonic computed tomography

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 130, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 125-133

  Supardan, Muhammad Dani ^a   Masuda, Yoshifumi ^b   Maezawa, Akinori ^b   Uchida, Shigeo ^b  

^a SYIAH KUALA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Gas holdup; Iterative filtered backprojection; Ultrasonic computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GLYCEROL; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS;

GAS HOLDUP; ITERATIVE FILTERED BACKPROJECTION; ULTRASONIC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (UCT);

TWO PHASE FLOW;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GLYCEROL; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 34248174466     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2006.08.035     Document Type: Article

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