Quantitative measurement of gas hold-up distribution in a stirred chemical reactor using X-ray cone-beam computed tomography

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 351-362

  Boden, Stephan ^a   Bieberle, Martina ^a   Hampel, Uwe ^a  

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

Author keywords

Chemical reactor; Cone beam computed tomography; Gas hold up measurement

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; SCATTERING;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; GAS HOLD-UP MEASUREMENT;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; SCATTERING;

EID: 42949103066     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2007.08.014     Document Type: Article

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