A novel X-ray computed tomography method for fast measurement of multiphase flow

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 4325-4335

  Wu, Changning ^a   Cheng, Yi ^a   Ding, Yulong ^a   Wei, Fei ^a   Jin, Yong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Discrete tomography; Genetic algorithm; Limited projection data; Multiphase flow measurement; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE TOMOGRAPHY; LIMITED PROJECTION DATA; MULTIPHASE FLOW MEASUREMENT; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

BINARY CODES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

BINARY CODES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 34447302283     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.04.026     Document Type: Article

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