Application of high-resolution gamma ray tomography to the measurement of gas hold-up distributions in a stirred chemical reactor

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 184-190

  Hampel, U ^a   Hristov, H V ^a   Bieberle, A ^a   Zippe, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

CFD simulation; Gamma ray tomography; Stirred reactor; Two phase flow measurement

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS TURBINES; TOMOGRAPHY; TWO PHASE FLOW;

GAMMA RAY TOMOGRAPHY; GAS HOLD-UP DISTRIBUTIONS;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GAS TURBINES; TOMOGRAPHY; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 35348850119     PISSN: 09555986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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