An electrical conductivity probe method for measuring the local solid holdup in a slurry system

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 132, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 37-46

  Liu, Malin ^a   Wang, Tiefeng ^a   Yu, Wei ^a   Wang, Jinfu ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity probe; Gas liquid solid; Local solid holdup; Measuring method

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; PROBES;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY PROBE; LOCAL SOLID HOLDUP; MEASURING METHOD;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; PROBES;

EID: 34249734782     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2007.01.014     Document Type: Article

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